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Use this tag for questions relating to organic molecules and their properties (structure of organic molecules, spectroscopic properties, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry etc). DO NOT use this tag as the only tag in your question, as this tag by itself cannot appropriately classify your question. Always use this tag in addition to other more specific tags.

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What is the mechanism for the double bond migration in 4-methylcyclopent-2-en-1-one?

After Step 2, re-protonate alpha to the carbonyl (the double bond has now migrated to the beta-gamma position). Now enolize the carbonyl - remove the proton next to the methyl group (the top one), th …
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Stereo selective reaction products

Enyzmatic reduction (as would occur in yeast) could easily be a stereoselective process - probably via selective delivery of a hydride from NADH. As the other respondent notes, there is simply no way …
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