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A new chiral beta-dialkylamino alcohol 1 prepared from D-mannitol has
been used as a highly effective chiral catalyst for the enantioselecti
ve addition of diethylzinc to unhindered aliphatic aldehydes to afford
the product alcohols in up to 94% ee. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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