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Secondary benzylic and allylic diazoacetates undergo dirhodium(II)-cat
alysed diazo decomposition to form, competitively or exclusively, keto
ne and vinylidene products from intramolecular hydride abstraction in
catalyst ligand-dependent molar ratios.