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Replacing the N-Boc-protecting group on a beta-amino organo-zinc reagent with a trifluoroacetyl group, which would be expected to make the nitrogen a better leaving group, results in a reagent that is more stable towards elimination.
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Jackson et al. (2003) studied this question.
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