The photolytic reactions of 1,3-butadiene epoxide with organomercurials gav
e the substituted unsaturated alcohol and aldehyde as the major products in
moderate yields. The substituted unsaturated alcohol was the major product
in the absence of DABCO. However, the reactions gave the substituted unsat
urated aldehyde as a major product in the presence of DABCO. (C) 1999 Elsev
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