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β-Substituted acrylates with high diastereomeric excess can be prepared by coupling optically active acetylenic ester titanium alkoxide complexes with aldehydes [Eq. (1); El=electrophile]. This reaction represents an asymmetric transformation complementary to the Baylis–Hillman reaction.
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