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Synthesis of dl-7,8-Epialantolactone.
A Tandem S N~' Dehydrobromination-Organocuprate
Addition ExemplifiedSir:The development of methods for total synthesis of the CYmethylene-y-butyrolactones continues to be a vigorous and prqductive area of research. Recently, we reported an anne-