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The peroxy-asymmetric allylic alkylation of hydroperoxyalkanes with Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates was catalysed by modified cinchona alkaloids (up to 93% ee), from which chiral alpha-methylene-beta-hydroxy esters could be efficiently derived.
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