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The title process can be used to couple allylic, homoallylic, and bishomoal
lylic alkenols. Cyclic silaketals with ring sizes from 7-11 members can all
be formed. This constitutes a general and versatile strategy for approxima
tely doubling the molecular complexity of readily available alkenol precurs
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