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The allylic hydrogen is found to have a dramatic effect on the regioselectivity of the Wacker oxidation, leading to the postulation that an agostic hydrogen or enyl (sigma + pi) complex helps to stabilise the key intermediate.
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Gaunt et al. (2001) studied this question.
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