Chan rearrangement

The Chan rearrangement is a chemical reaction that involves rearranging an acyloxy acetate (1) in the presence of a strong base to a 2-hydroxy-3-keto-ester (2).

This procedure was employed in the Holton Taxol total synthesis.

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