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organic compounds
The title compound, C12H24O6, was synthesized and subjected to an X-ray structure determination. The aim of this structure analysis was to determine the relative orientation of two vicinal ethoxy groups in its precursor, diethyl (2R,3R,5R,6R)-5,6-diethoxy-5,6-dimethyl[1,4]dioxane-2,3-dicarboxylate, from which the title compound can be generated by a reaction that retains the absolute configuration of the molecular skeleton.