Kimel-Cope rearrangement Carroll

Although Carroll identified the production of cinnamyl acetoacetate (188), the detailed mechanistic rationale was later provided by W. Kimel and Arthur C. Cope in 1943. The proposal invoked a pathway similar to the Claisen rearrangement. In 1968, Hill and Synerholm proved this hypothesis to be correct and studied the stereospecificity of the reaction. ... 

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