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- Alkylation of unactivated electrophiles (i. e. to give 3 and 4) proceeded much faster in the presence of HMPA (1.1 equivalent
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- To confirm the structure, 14 and 15 were prepared by reacting the corresponding epoxides with thiophenoxide under phase-transfer conditions.