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A new route to γ-lactones (2) starts from the highly strained, readily accessible β-lactones (1). The distinctive feature of this efficient synthesis is the possibility of controlling three sterocenters, given suitable substitution: (1), R1C6H5, R2H, gives over 98% of the steroisomer (2).
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Mulzer et al. (1979) studied this question.
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