Under sonication in aqueous ethanol, a zinc–copper couple induces the conjugated addition of epoxyalkyl groups to electron deficient alkenes in synthetically useful yields, provided that the two reducible functionalities are sufficiently far apart; 3,4-epoxyalkylhalides have been found to form cyclopropane adducts.
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