A polystyrene (PS) immobilized triazolylproline has been prepared by a bottom-up approach involving co-polymerization with full regiocontrol. The resulting PS resin swells in water and has been applied to the enantioselective cross-aldol reaction and to the self-aldol reaction of aldehydes under essentially neat conditions, excellent yields and stereoselectivities being recorded.
Asymmetric cross- and self-aldol reactions of aldehydes in water with a polystyrene-supported triazolylproline organocatalyst
Green Chem. 2016, 18, 3507-3512.
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