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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author
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Erbing, E.; Batuecas, M.; Vázquez-Romero, A.; Martín-Matute, B.
* Prof. B. Martín-Matute
E-mail: belen.martin.matute@su.se
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 10703-10709, and references therein.
(7) Superbases in catalytic reactions: Nacsa, E. D.; Lambert, T. H.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10246-10253.
Author Contributions
(8) Selected recent examples of transition-metal-catalyzed isomeri-
zation of allylic ethers: (a) Courchay, F. C.; Sworen, J. C.; Ghiviringa,
I.; Abboud, K. A.; Wagener, K. B. Organometallics, 2006, 25, 6074-
6086. (b) Varela-Álvarez, A.; Sordo, J. A.; Piedra, E.; Nebra, N.;
Cadierno, V.; Gimeno, J. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 10583-10599. (c)
Urbala, M. Applied Catalysis, A: General 2015, 505, 382-393.
(9) Scarce examples of base-mediated isomerization of allylic
ethers: (a) Su, C.; Williard, P. G. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5378-5381. (b)
Reid, J. P.; McAdam, C. A.; Johnston, A. J. S.; Grayson, M. N.;
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(9) Enol ethers as synthetic intermediates: (a) Modern Methods in
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(11) Synthesis of chiral allylic alcohols and synthetic applications:
Lumbroso, A.; Cooke, M. L.; Breit, B. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013,
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This project was supported by the Swedish Research Council
(VR), and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. B.M.-M.
was supported by VINNOVA through a VINNMER grant and
A.V.-R. by the Wenner-Gren Foundation through a postdoctoral
grant.
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