Enantioselective palladium catalyzed allylic substitution of acyloxypyrrolinones by alcohols

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Abstract
Chiral non-racemic acyloxypyrrolinones are converted into alkoxypyrrolinones with retention of configuration by a palladium catalyzed allylic substitution; this comprises a key step in a short chemo-enzymatic route to acyliminium ion precursors.