Studies on the unusual stability of cis-
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Hideya Yuasa; Hironobu Hashimoto; Yutaka Abe; Tetsuya Kajimoto; Chi-Huey Wong
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Almost equal amounts of the trans and cis isomers of 2,5-diethoxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,4dioxane (2trans and 2cis) are obtained by treating dihydroxyacetone with acidic ethanol. To explain the formation of an unusually large quantity of 2cis, conformation analyses and equilibration experiments we