Please show a detailed mechanism for the cleavage, in base, of propylene oxide, CH3-CH-CH2, to propylene glycol, CH3-CH-CH2 ОН ОН

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Please show a detailed mechanism for the cleavage, in base, of propylene oxide,
CH3-CH-CH2, to propylene glycol, CH3-CH-CH2
ОН ОН
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