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Racemic 4,5-disubstitued 5H-furan-2-ones have been selectively synthes
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s and catalytic amounts of Pd(OAc)(2) and a soft ligand such as tri-2-
furylphosphine or triphenylarsine to the reaction mixtures obtained by
treatment of 3-ynoic acids with 1.1 equiv of t-BuOK in DMSO at 20 deg
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