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Alkoxide ions react with beta-propiolactone at the harder acyl carbon centre.

The Hard Soft Acids Bases (HSAB) Principle and Organic Chemistry, T-S. Ho, Chem. Rev., 1975, 75, 1-20

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beta-Propiolactone     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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3-Alkoxy propanoate, alkyl (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Ambidentate Behaviour: Selectivity of beta-propiolactone
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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