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Lithium enolates from pentan-3-one, cyclo-hexanone, acetophenone, and mesityl oxide react with some representative (acyclic and cyclic) allylic acetates in a palladium-catalysed alkylation in good yields and under mild conditions; the substitution is shown to proceed with retention of configurations.
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Fiaud et al. (1981) studied this question.
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