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(R)-2-[(R)-2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl]-1,3-oxathio-lan-5-one
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In the title compound, C(8)H(12)O(4)S, the two five-membered rings both adopt envelope conformations. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯O inter-actions link neighbouring mol-ecules.
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