Diastereoselective electrophilic substit
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Maria A Arrica; Ugo Azzena; Luciano Pilo; Elisabetta Piras
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Reductive lithiation of diastereoisomeric mixtures of 4-aryl-5-methyl-1,3-dioxanes occurs with epimerization at the benzylic centre. Reaction of intermediate organometals with alkyl halides or CO 2 afforded 2-methyl-3-substituted-3-phenylpropan-1-ols, or the corresponding lactones, with satisfactory