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Several α,β-epoxy ketones were converted to aldols in good yields upon irradiation or heating with azoisobutyronitrile in the presence of tributyltin hydride in benzene; the reactions involve selective Cα–O bond cleavage of the oxiranylmethyl radicals derived from these substances.
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Hasegawa et al. (1990) studied this question.
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