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Direct carbon-carbon bond formation via soft enolization: aldol addition of alpha-halogenated thioesters

Yost, Julianne M; Alfie, Rachel J; Tarsis, Emily M; Chong, Insun; Coltart, Don M (2011)

alpha-Halo thioesters undergo soft enolization and syn-selective direct aldol addition to aldehydes in the presence of MgBr2 center dot OEt2 and i-Pr2NEt to produce alpha-halo-beta-hydroxy thioesters.