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The intermolecular addition of hydroxy(alkoxy)methyl radicals to electron-poor double bonds is of strategic importance for organic synthesis. The reason is that these functions can thus be introduced in the form of the umpoled hydroxy(alkoxy)methyl anion synthons.
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Gutenberger, G., Meggers, E., Steckhan, E. (1998). The Generation of Hydroxymethyl Radicals: Photoinduced Electron Transfer as Opposed to Electrochemical Electron Transfer. In: Torii, S. (eds) Novel Trends in Electroorganic Synthesis. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65924-2_111
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