Bonner, Trevor G. published the artcileOpening of cyclic acetals by trichloro-, dichloro-, and tribromoborane, HPLC of Formula: 1193-11-9, the publication is Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) (1981), 1807-10, database is CAplus.
Reaction of cyclic acetals with BCl3 gave α-chloro ethers which on in situ LiAlH4 reduction gave hydroxy ethers in 49-99% yield. E.g., treatment of 2-propyl-1,3-dioxolane with BCl3 (CH2Cl2, ∼0°, 0.2 h) followed by LiAlH4 (Et2O, 30 min) gave >95% HO(CH2)2OBu. The rate determining step in this reaction is the formation of an intermediate oxocarbenium ion. BBr3 was a more, and BHCl2 a less, powerful reagent than BCl3 for this reaction.
Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) published new progress about 1193-11-9. 1193-11-9 belongs to dioxole, auxiliary class Dioxolanes, name is 2,2,4-Trimethyl-1,3-dioxolane, and the molecular formula is C6H12O2, HPLC of Formula: 1193-11-9.
Referemce:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,3-Benzodioxole,
Dioxole | C3H4O2 – PubChem