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Optically active amino thioacetate derivatives of (+)-norephedrine wer
e found to act as effective catalysts for enantioselective addition of
diethylzinc to aldehydes, This reaction provided optically active sec
ondary alcohols with e.e. of up to >99%. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier S
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