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2-Methyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran reacts with the Simmons-Smith reagent to give a mixture of 2-ethyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran, cis- and trans-2-methyl-3-oxabicyclo-[4.1.0]heptanes, and 2-methyl-2,5,6,7- or 3-methyl-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrooxepine in a ratio of 2∶2∶5∶1.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 449–450, April, 1987.
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Ubatullin, U.G., Petrushina, T.F., Popov, Y.N. et al. 2-Methyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran in the simmons-smith reaction. Chem Heterocycl Compd 23, 375–376 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00546726
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