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• 60656-87-3 benzyloxyacetoaldehyde 

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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Plausible origins of homochirality in the amino acid catalyzed neogenesis of carbohydrates

The intrinsic ability of amino acids to catalyze the asymmetric formation of carbohydrates, which enzymes have mediated for millions of years, with significant amplification of enantiomeric excess suggests a plausible ancient catalytic process for the evo

Enantioselective organocatalytic direct aldol reactions of α-oxyaldehydes: Step one in a two-step synthesis of carbohydrates

Two-faced: α-Oxyaldehydes can act as both an aldol donor and an aldol acceptor and can be coupled enantioselectively by using proline as the reaction catalyst. This new aldol reaction provides an operationally simple protocol for the stereo-controlled pro

Tertiary Amine Promoted Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes

The direct asymmetric self-aldol reactions of various α-oxyaldehydes catalyzed by tertiary amines have been demonstrated. By using 10 mol-% of quinine catalyst, dimerization products have been prepared in high yields, with good anti-diastereocontrol, and up to 80% ee. The presented enolate-mediated synthesis of protected tetrose sugars has never been accomplished before by chiral tertiary amine organocatalysts.

Amino acid catalyzed neogenesis of carbohydrates: A plausible ancient transformation

Hexose sugars play a fundamental role in vital biochemical processes and their biosynthesis is achieved through enzyme-catalyzed pathways. Herein we disclose the ability of amino acids to catalyze the asymmetric neogenesis of carbohydrates by sequential cross-aldol reactions. The amino acids mediate the asymmetric de novo synthesis of natural L- and D-hexoses and their analogues with excellent stereoselectivity in organic solvents. In some cases, the four new stereocenters are assembled with almost absolute stereocontrol. The unique feature of these results is that, when an amino acid is employed as the catalyst, a single reaction sequence can convert a protected glycol aldehyde into a hexose in one step. For example, proline and its derivatives catalyze the asymmetric neogenesis of allose with > 99% ee in one chemical manipulation. Furthermore, all amino acids tested catalyzed the asymmetric formation of natural sugars under prebiotic conditions, with alanine being the smallest catalyst. The inherent simplicity of this catalytic process suggests that a catalytic prebiotic "gluconeogenesis" may occur, in which amino acids transfer their stereochemical information to sugars. In addition, the amino acid catalyzed stereoselective sequential cross-aldol reactions were performed as a two-step procedure with different aldehydes as acceptors and nucleophiles. The employment of two different amino acids as catalysts for the iterative direct aldol reactions enabled the asymmetric synthesis of deoxysugars with > 99% ee. In addition, the direct amino acid catalyzed C2+C 2+C2 methodology is a new entry for the short, highly enantioselective de novo synthesis of carbohydrate derivatives, isotope-labeled sugars, and polyketide natural products. The one-pot asymmetric de novo syntheses of deoxy and polyketide carbohydrates involved a novel dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT) mediated by an amino acid.

Direct amino acid catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of polyketide sugars

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