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Ring opening of β -trifluoromethyl-β -methyl-β -propiolactone is unidirectional and leads to derivatives of β -trifluoromethyl-β -hydroxybutyric acid.
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Knunyants, I.L., Cheburkov, Y.A. Fluorine containing β-lactones. Russ Chem Bull 10, 750–751 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00905938
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