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The Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Cross‐Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes
Author(s) -
Alcaide Benito,
Almendros Pedro
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390232
Subject(s) - aldol reaction , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry
Although the more elegant and most economically attractive way to introduce chirality into a molecule is by using a catalytic amount of chiral controller to induce chiral transformation without the need for any other activation of the starting materials, the first report of chemical catalysis for the direct catalytic asymmetric cross‐aldol reaction of aldehydes has only recently appeared (see scheme).