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Functionalized (E)-crotylsilanes 1 bearing a bis-homoallylic hydroxyl group undergo diastereoselective cyclopropanation and epoxidation reactions to produce substituted tetrahydrofurans 3 and 5 respectively after an acid catalyzed heterocyclization.
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Panek et al. (1994) studied this question.
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