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A selective intramolecular aldol condensation directed by a bifunctional enzyme mimic
Breslow, Ronald,Desper, John,Huang, Ying
, p. 2541 - 2544 (1996)
The intramolecular aldol condensation of a dialdehyde carrying a t-butylphenyl group is almost random with simple imidazole buffer catalysis, but shows a 97% preference for a single regiochemistry of cyclization when the reaction is catalyzed by the imida
