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The stereoselective synthesis of a variety of 3-substituted isobenzofuranones has been developed through a new and flexible route. When combined with a catalytic amount of benzoic acid, quinidine thiocarbamate bifunctional catalysts have demonstrated their efficiency for the enantioselective bromolactonization reaction of styrene-type carboxylic acids bearing an alkoxycarbonyl electron withdrawing group on the carbon-carbon double bond.