text: The White catalyst was originally developed for use in a branched allylic acetoxylation reaction.  An enantioselective version of this reaction was subsequently reported, using chromium(III) salen fluoride as a chiral cocatalyst.  A macrolactonization reaction based on the branched allylic esterification was developed for the preparation of 14- to 19-membered macrolides.  This method was applied to the total synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B.  In addition to acetate, a wide variety of carboxylic acids may be employed as nucleophiles in the branch allylic esterification reaction.  As the first step in an esterification/Heck sequence, aliphatic and aromatic carboxylates were demonstrated, including amino acids.