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Optically active C-2-symmetrical 1,1'-disubstituted ferrocenyl amino alcoho
ls have been used as chiral catalysts in the asymmetric addition of diethyl
zinc to benzaldehyde. 1-Phenylpropanol has been obtained in up to 83% enant
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