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Readily accessible starting compounds for 4-oxoesters (2) and 3-formyl esters (2), R1 = H, have been found in the silyloxy-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic esters (1). Their ring opening takes place smoothly under practically neutral conditions.
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Reißig et al. (1980) studied this question.
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