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Studies towards the Taming of the ‘Carbocation’ in the Regioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides to Allylic Alcohols

Helen A. Chapman, Karim Herbal, William B. Motherwell*
Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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