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(25 g) was then added under stirring at room tempera-
ture, slowly cooled to 0–5∘C, and stirred for 10 minutes,
and the RM temperature was raised to 10–15∘C; 20 gm
of cis( )1-phenyl-3-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-one was dis-
solved in CH Cl (50 mL) and added to the reaction mass
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e authors are grateful to the Management of Nify Labs
Pvt. Limited, Hyderabad, for supporting this work and
cooperation from other colleagues also is highly appreciated.