Highly Enantioselective Aldol Reaction with 2-Trimethylsilyloxyfuran: The First Catalytic Asymmetric Autoinductive Aldol Reaction The authors wish to thank J. C. Jullian for his help in NMR experiments, Dr. X. Franck for stimulating discussions, and Prof. R. Hocquemiller for his continuous interest in this study. Thanks are due to M.J. Vega Capela for the experiments with heptadecanal. L. Tache and B. Mbeninack are acknowledged for the preparation of the (R,R)-2 isomer.
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