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In addition to the title compound, the preparation of the four possible internal monodiols and of the four possible internal monoepoxides of squalene are described; trisubstituted aliphatic epoxides were found to be readily deoxygenated by zinc dust/acetic acid.
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K. Barry Sharpless (1970) studied this question.