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We have studied the partial and complete LiAlH4 reduction of gem-dichlorocyclopropyl ethers to 2-chlorocyclopropyl and cyclopropyl ethers.
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In the partial reduction of gem-dichlorocyclopropyl ethers the chlorine atom cis to the substituent is selectivity reduced.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 125–131, January, 1977.
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Shostakovskii, S.M., Voropaeva, T.K., Nikol'skii, N.S. et al. Stereoselective reduction of gem-dichlorocyclopropyl ethers. Russ Chem Bull 26, 107–112 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00921504
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