Small organic molecule in enantioselective, direct aldol reaction "in water".
A small organic molecule, Pro-NH(2), catalyzing the enantioselective aldol reaction "in water" not merely "in the presence of water" with good enantioselectivity has been discovered for the first time.
Aratake
Seiji
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Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
Itoh
Takahiko
T
Okano
Tsubasa
T
Usui
Takahiro
T
Shoji
Mitsuru
M
Hayashi
Yujiro
Y