title: Substituted alkenediols by alkylative double ring opening of dihydrofuran and dihydropyran epoxides.
abstract: [reaction: see text]. Dihydrofuran and dihydropyran epoxides undergo alkylative double ring opening with organolithiums to provide a new route to substituted alkenediols.
authors.affiliation: Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK. david.hodgson@chem.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stent
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Wilson