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We describe a simple new synthesis of 16-membered macrolide, 15-pentadecanolide, based on a novel four atom ring expansion of cyclic ketones through a consecutive intramolecular homolytic addition—β-scission of alkoxyl radicals.
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Suginome et al. (1988) studied this question.
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