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. 2005 May 21;3(10):1850-5.
doi: 10.1039/b501512j. Epub 2005 Apr 14.

Prebiotic carbohydrate synthesis: zinc-proline catalyzes direct aqueous aldol reactions of alpha-hydroxy aldehydes and ketones

Jacob Kofoed  1 , Jean-Louis Reymond, Tamis Darbre
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Prebiotic carbohydrate synthesis: zinc-proline catalyzes direct aqueous aldol reactions of alpha-hydroxy aldehydes and ketones

Jacob Kofoed et al. Org Biomol Chem. .

Abstract

Zn-proline catalyzed aldolisation of glycoladehyde gave mainly tetroses whereas in the cross-aldolisation of glycoladehyde and rac-glyceraldehyde, pentoses accounted for 60% of the sugars formed with 20% of ribose.

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