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Thioanions react with beta-propiolactone at the softer alkyl 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
Thioanion (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
3-Thioether propanoate (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Alkylation
Ambidentate Behaviour: Selectivity of beta-propiolactone
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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