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Highly unsaturated γ-lactones are formed in good to high yields from 2-(propargyl)allyl phosphates and carbon monoxide in the presence of a palladium catalyst (see scheme). The reaction proceeds efficiently under mild reaction conditions (at 80 °C under an ambient pressure of CO).
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Kamitani et al. (2003) studied this question.
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