Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Reactions of 2-alkyl-, 2-phenyl- and 2-alkoxy-1,2-oxaborolanes with (dichloromethyl)lithium. A novel synthesis of 1,4-alkanediols. ... Two novel alternative procedures for the synthesis of 1,4-alkanediols were described by involving the reactions of (dichloromethyl)lithium with ...