“…Among them, 1,3-dioxolane is an important moiety frequently encountered as structural motifs in many oxygen-based drugs. Many such compounds have proven to be an effective 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, anti-obesity, anti-HIV, anti-cancer, and anti-Alzheimer’s . Over the past years, various synthetic protocols have been successfully developed for the synthesis of 1,3-dioxolane-based compounds .…”