Stereoselective aldol reactions between the lithium enolate of tert-butyl malonate and various α-alkoxy aldehydes in the presence of zinc chloride gave anti-1,2-diols in high yields; 2-trityloxypropanal yielded the syn-1,2-diol under the same conditions.
S. Marumoto, H. Kogen and S. Naruto, Chem. Commun., 1998, 2253 DOI: 10.1039/A806290K
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