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SUBMITTER: Lipshutz BH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3359698 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lipshutz Bruce H BH Ghorai Subir S
Organic letters 20111219 1
A new designer surfactant is described containing a covalently bound organocatalyst, proline. This species is water-soluble and, via spontaneous nanomicelle formation, catalyzes aldol reactions on water-soluble or -insoluble substrates in water as the only medium. Recycling the catalyst is trivial, as the amphiphile/catalyst remains in the aqueous phase in the flask. ...[more]