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Retro-aldol reactions in micellar media

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Convenient methods for retro-aldol reactions of α, β-unsaturated ketones in micellar media under acidic or basic conditions are proposed that enable obtaining optically pure (3R)-methylcyclohexanone and (1R,4R)-4-methylmenthone in high yields.

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Financial support from from the National Academy of Science of the Ukraine (project no. 0107U003550) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Elena V. Vashchenko, Irina V. Knyazeva, Alexander I. Krivoshey & Valerii V. Vashchenko

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Vashchenko, E.V., Knyazeva, I.V., Krivoshey, A.I. et al. Retro-aldol reactions in micellar media. Monatsh Chem 143, 1545–1549 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-012-0811-8

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