“…A recent publication by DE PuY, ANDRIST, and FüNFSCHILLING reports upon the stereochemistry of the electrophilic ring opening of cis and trans 1 ,2,3-trimethylcyclopropane with deuterated acids (196,197). While the attack of the entering nucleophile occurred with essentially complete inversion, the overall stereochemistry of protonation took place with both retention (68%) and inversion (32%).…”