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The opening of the oxide ring of the diethyl acetal of epoxybutyraldehyde by ammonia or benzylamine goes selectively both structurally and sterically, with the formation of o-hydroxy-β-amino compounds of the erythro series.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 919–920, May, 1966.
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Kozyrkin, B.I., Yanovskaya, L.A. & Kucherov, V.F. Reaction of epoxybutyraldehyde diethyl acetal with ammonia and benzylamine. Russ Chem Bull 15, 876–877 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00849391
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