Highly stereoselective indium trichloride-catalysed asymmetric aldol reaction of formaldehyde and a glucose-derived silyl enol ether in water

1 January 1998

journal article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications

No. 8,p. 861-871
https://doi.org/10.1039/a800486b

Abstract

The yield and stereochemical outcome of the reaction between D-glucose-derived silyl enol ether 1 (Z and E isomers) and commercial formaldehyde in water catalysed by indium(III) choride was studied.

Keywords

INDIUM
CATALYSED
TRICHLORIDE
ASYMMETRIC
ISOMERS
ALDOL
STEREOCHEMICAL
III
STEREOSELECTIVE