Investigations on transition state geometry of the aldol condensation in aqueous medium

Scott E. Denmark, Wheeseong Lee

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Abstract

In aqueous medium, base-induced aldol condensations of keto aldehyde 1 show high anti-selectivity independent of metal ion and water content of the solvent. The acid-induced aldol condensations affords syn-aldol products in variable selectivity depending upon acid strength and water content of the medium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7729-7732
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume33
Issue number50
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 8 1993

Keywords

  • Aldol Condensation
  • Antiperiplanar
  • Aqueous Solvent
  • Syn- and Anti-aldol
  • Synclinal

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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