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Three contiguous stereocenters are constructed with high diastereoselectivity in a novel samarium-catalyzed tandem reaction of α-hydroxy epoxides 1 to give exclusively the C1,C2-anti isomers of 2 and 2'. This could lead to the development of a general procedure for the diastereoselective construction of 2-quaternary 1,3-diol units.
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