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Draw the expected products of Sharpless epoxidation of each allylic alcohol using (1)-diethyl tartrate as the chiral catalyst.

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In the presence of diethyl tartrate and titanium tetraisopropoxide, primary allylic alcohol undergoes epoxidation. However, only allylic alcohol with specific orientation undergoes in this reaction. So, on the changing the orientation of the given compound, the compound formed is shown below.

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