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It might not work at all, front road-double dérailleur cages tend to be fairly tightly sized to accommodate a 16T difference, so the chain could rub on the top or bottom of the cage in either the big/big or small/small gear.
Of course, if you learned to pedal you'd find 50/12 more than adequate as a top gear, rendering the question moot.