Lanthanide trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalyzed asymmetric aldol reactions in aqueous media.
[figure: see text] Catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions catalyzed by lanthanide trifluoromethanesulfonates in aqueous media have been realized for the first time using a chiral crown ether.
Kobayashi
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Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. skobayas@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Hamada
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Nagayama
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Manabe
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