Form with formalin: Scandium-catalyzed enantioselective hydroxymethylation of ketones has been developed using aqueous formaldehyde (formalin) in water. The addition of a catalytic amount of pyridine enables the use of ketones directly in asymmetric hydroxymethylation reactions.
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