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Inversion of a variety of secondary alcohols using the (chloromethylsu
lfonyl)oxy group as a favorable leaving group with cesium acetate in t
he presence of 18-crown-6 has been performed to give the inverted acet
ates in high yields. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd