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Synthesis of γ-acetopropyl alcohol (γ-APA)

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Translated from Khimiko-Farmetsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 37–42, September, 1975.

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Grior'ev, A.A., Guseva, S.I., Pinkhasik, É.V. et al. Synthesis of γ-acetopropyl alcohol (γ-APA). Pharm Chem J 9, 586–590 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00758856

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