Lost in the shuffle: An unprecedented rearrangement of the title compounds proceeds by the simultaneous rhodium-catalyzed cleavage of aryloxy CO and aldehyde CH bonds (see scheme). The reaction tolerates the presence of various catalytically reactive substituents such as aryl halides, nitrile, and esters.
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