Claisen ether rearrangements

The stereochemistry of the silyl enol ether Claisen rearrangement is controlled not only by the stereochemistry of the double bond in the allyhc alcohol but also by the stereochemistry of the silyl enol ether. For the chair transition state, the configuration at the newly formed C—C bond is predicted to be determined by the E- or Z-configuration of the silyl enol ether. 

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