Back in the days (1893) when few compounds were known, new ones could end up being named after the discoverer. Thus Feist is known for the compound bearing his name; the 2,3 carboxylic acid of methylenecyclopropane (1, with Me replaced by CO2H). Compound 1 itself nowadays is used to calibrate chiroptical calculations[cite]10.1021/ct300359s[/cite], which is what brought it to my attention. But about four decades ago, and now largely forgotten, both 1 and the dicarboxylic acid were famous for the following rearrangement that gives a mixture of 2 and 3[cite]10.1021/ja00747a019[/cite]. I thought I might here unpick some of the wonderfully subtle stereochemical analysis that this little molecule became subjected to.