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Acknowledgements
We are grateful for the generous financial support from the
Ministry of Education of Singapore (R-143-000-613-112),
A*STAR SERC (R-143-000-648-305) and the Singapore
Economic Development Board and GlaxoSmithKline (R-143-
000-564-592).
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Keywords: α-allylation of ketone • cooperative catalysis •
palladium pi-allyl • enamine catalysis • tertiary stereocenter
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