Chiral Zn(II)-Bisamidine Complex as a Lewis-Br？nsted Combined Acid Catalyst Application to Asymmetric Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of α-Ketoesters.docVIP

Molecules 2012, 17, 9010-9022; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Chiral Zn(II)-Bisamidine Complex as a Lewis-Br?nsted Combined Acid Catalyst: Application to Asymmetric Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of α-Ketoesters Ryo Gotoh and Masahiro Yamanaka * Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: myamanak@rikkyo.ac.jp; Tel./Fax: +81-3-3985-2395. Received: 11 July 2012; in revised form: 21 July 2012 / Accept