ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, vol.9, no.8, pp.2602-2605, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
Flexible protected 1,3,4-trihydroxy-2-butanone is synthesized in high enantiomeric excesses by using asymmetric homo- and cross- acyloin coupling of aliphatic aldehydes catalyzed by benzaldehyde lyase.