<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_structure" class="extiw" title="en:Skeletal structure">Skeletal structures</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/reaction_mechanism" class="extiw" title="en:reaction mechanism">reaction mechanism</a> of the 1,2-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/epoxide" class="extiw" title="en:epoxide">epoxy</a>-alcohol variant of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criegee_oxidation" class="extiw" title="en:Criegee oxidation">Criegee oxidation</a>. Reaction with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lead(IV)_acetate" class="extiw" title="en:lead(IV) acetate">lead(IV) acetate</a> leads to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oxidative_cleavage" class="extiw" title="en:oxidative cleavage">oxidative cleavage</a> to form an α-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acetoxy" class="extiw" title="en:acetoxy">acetoxycarbonyl</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stereochemical" class="extiw" title="en:stereochemical">stereochemical</a> control.
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