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Silica gel and a TADDOL-complexed titanium IV Lewis acid are shown to promote mild, practical, asymmetric [4+2]-cycloadditions of electron-poor 2-pyrone-3-carboxylates with electron-rich vinyl ethers to form isolable and useful bicyclic lactone adducts.
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