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    Unprecedented stereochemical reversal from alkyl to aryl substituents in the Johnson-Claisen rearrangement of methyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylenealkanoates

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    An unprecedented stereochemical reversal from alkyl to aryl substituents in the Johnson-Claisen rearrangement of methyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylenealkanoates with triethyl orthoacetate with a plausible mechanism has been described

    Baylis-Hillman reaction: Magnesium bromide as a stereoselective reagent for the synthesis of [E]- and [Z]-allyl bromides

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    Magnesium bromide has been used as a stereoselective brominating reagent for the synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-allyl bromides

    First enantioselective synthesis of mikanecic acid via Diels-Alder cycloaddition mediated construction of chiral vinylic quaternary center

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    Chiral mikanecic acid (1) was synthesized in 74% enantiomeric purity (92% ee after crystallization) via asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of a novel in situ generated chiral 1,3-butadiene-2-carboxylate (A)
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