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Direct amino acid catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of polyketide sugars
Casas, Jesus,Engqvist, Magnus,Ibrahem, Ismail,Kaynak, Betul,Cordova, Armando
, p. 1343 - 1345 (2007/10/03)
Back to the future: In a biomimetic asymmetric synthesis of sugars (see scheme) sequential cross-aldol reactions of simple aldehydes were catalyzed by amino acids. Deoxysugars were obtained with excellent chemoselectivity and up to > 99% ee. This transfor
