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Dowd–Beckwith ring expansion

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Radical-mediated ring expansion of 2-halomethyl cycloalkanones.

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Li, J.J. (2014). Dowd–Beckwith ring expansion. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_93

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