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Using epoxycyclododecane and epoxycyclododeca-5,9-diene as examples, it has been found that α-epoxides undergo isomerization to unsaturated alcohols under the action of organolithium and -magnesium compounds.
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Zakharkin, L.I. The action of butyllithium and butylmag nesium bromide on trans-epoxycyclododecane. Russ Chem Bull 10, 2103–2104 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01182967
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01182967