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Design of acid-base catalysis for the asymmetric direct aldol reaction

S Saito, H Yamamoto

Index: Funabiki, Kazumasa; Honma, Norihiro; Hashimoto, Wataru; Matsui, Masaki Organic Letters, 2003 , vol. 5, # 12 p. 2059 - 2061

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Abstract

... Volume: Page: ... a concerted bifunctional acid−base mechanism (III) has also been suggested as a possible mechanism on the basis of the observation that proline is often not completely soluble in organic solvents. ... Figure 8 Structure of diamine 2-2TfOH salt 5. ...