to the flask, and the assembly was immersed in an oil bath heated to 100 "C. The slurry was stirred at 100 "C for 48 h and then allowed to cool to room temperature. The reaction was quenched by addition of deuterium oxides (5 mL) and worked up in the usual manner. NMR integration of a VPC2* collected sample of the product (4a) showed no evidence for deuterium incorporation.Reduction of a Mixture of 2a and 3a with LiAlH4 in DME-dlo. A 0.35-g (2.1 mmol) sample of monochlorides 2a and 3a (75:25), 0.441 g (11.6 mmol) ol'LiAIH4, and 5 mL of DME-dlo (Merch, Sharp and Dohme Canada) were placed in a 25-mL flask equipped with a reflux condenser and a drying tube. The flask was immersed in an oil bath heated to 100 "C. The slurry was stirred at 100 "C for 50 h, cooled, quenched with water, and worked up in the usual manner. An NMR of the crude product (4a) showed no evidence of deuterium incorporation.R e g i s t r y No.--la, :, J. Am. Chem. SOC., 84,2252 (1962).Reaction of the bromide with lithium may be occurring by way of a radical mechanism which allows for inversion of the intermediate radical and hydrogen incorporation from the ethereal solvent.A 13 ft X 0.25 in. column packed with 20% DEGS on 80-100 mesh Chromosorb W at an oven temperature of 160 OC was used for VPC analyses.An 8 ft X 0.75 in. column packed with 20% DEGS on 45-60 mesh Chromosorb W at an oven temperature of 160 OC with a Helium flow rate of 600 mL/min was used for preparative VPC separations.