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Prebiotic carbohydrate synthesis: Zinc-proline catalyzes direct aqueous aldol reactions of α-hydroxy aldehydes and ketones
Kofoed, Jacob,Reymond, Jean-Louis,Darbre, Tamis
, p. 1850 - 1855 (2005)
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. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2005.