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Enzyme lite: Like a minimalist enzyme, a simple chiral alcohol of the taddol family, 1, catalyzes Mukaiyama aldol reactions between silyl enolates of amides and aldehydes to afford products with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities (see scheme; TBS=tert-butyldimethylsilyl).
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McGilvra et al. (2006) studied this question.
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