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Dr. Bremner's suggestions for the mechanism of the formation of unsaturated alcohols from epoxides must await further experimental work to determine the real value of his deductions. In one respect, Dr. Bremner's scheme is doubtful. It might reasonably be expected that the carbonium ions V and VI would lose a proton from the oxygen more readily than from a methyl group, to form carbonyl compounds with or without an alteration in the carbon skeleton.
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HICKINBOTTOM, W. [Letters to Editor]. Nature 160, 576 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160576a0
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