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. 2020 Aug 24;11:4219. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17990-z

Fig. 5. Plausible reaction mechanism.

Fig. 5

A plausible mechanism involves the carbene insertion reaction of intermediates A, B to afford oxonium ylide C, subsequent nucleophilic addition, intramolecular aldol reaction, and retro-Baylis−Hillman-type reaction to form the desired products 3 and 4.