Posted by Larry Hoover on October 4, 2008, at 16:20:56
In reply to Re: Help, anyone know about Zimmerman-Traxler?, posted by Deneb on September 30, 2008, at 23:21:07
I'm glad you figured it out, as you've already been tested on it. I'm glad you worked it out on your own, using models. I don't think there's a better way to learn.
This particular effect wasn't in any of my texts, even though it's fifty years old. Wiki actually has a pretty good description of it, and what controls the stereoselectivity of the product. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldol_reaction
Lar
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