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Zinc-proline catalyzed pathway for the formation of sugars
Kofoed, Jacob,Machuqueiro, Miguel,Reymond, Jean-Louis,Darbre, Tamis
, p. 1540 - 1541 (2004)
Zn-proline catalyzes the aldolisation of unprotected glycolaldehyde in water to give tetroses and hexoses; threose (33% of the product mixture) was formed with 10% enantiomeric excess of the D-isomer.
