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Summary of MPWB1K results comparing the originally intended retro-Diels−Alder reaction (dashed curve) with the Singleton rearrangement (solid black curve). The principal and secondary mechanisms for formation of acetylmethylketene are shown by the red and blue pathways, respectively.
