<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Manjeet</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Arvind</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rizvi, Masood</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mane, Manoj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanka, Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taneja, Subhash C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shah, Bhahwal Ali</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthesis of alpha,beta-unsaturated delta-lactones by vinyl acetate mediated asymmetric cross-aldol reaction of acetaldehyde: mechanistic insights</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Journal of Organic Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aldol reactions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">asymmetric catalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lactones</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reaction mechanisms</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5247-5255</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A tandem asymmetric cross-aldol reaction involving the in situ generation of acetaldehyde from vinyl acetate has been developed that may resolve the challenges associated with the handling of acetaldehyde. The simple protocol, mild reaction conditions and unique harmony of an organocatalyst with a biocatalyst make this method a valuable tool for the synthesis of asymmetric beta-hydroxy aldehydes. By using this methodology we have accessed alpha,beta-unstaurated delta-lactones as well as isochromenones with high enantioselectivities from both asymmetric beta-hydroxy aldehydes and ketones. Systemic density functional theory (DFT) studies were also performed to gain mechanistic insights into the role of hydrogen bonding in the asymmetric cross-aldol reaction of acetaldehyde and in the key cis/trans isomerisation step in the synthesis of d-lactones.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;3.13&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom4></record></records></xml>