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Samarium di-iodide is an efficient reagent for the reductive coupling of ketones or aldehydes and electron-deficient alkenes, whereby γ-lactones can be prepared in good yields from ethyl acrylate.
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Fukuzawa et al. (1986) studied this question.
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