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First-order rate constants have been determined for the decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement reactions at 293 K of substituted methyl (E)-3-phenyl-2-propenyl 2-tosylmalonate esters, which show a linear free-energy relationship indicative of the development of positive charge on the benzylic position in the sigmatropic rearrangement transition-state.
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