Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2009 May 13;131(18):6342–6343. doi: 10.1021/ja900630d

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Catalytic cycle of an aqueous Eu(OTf)3-catalyzed Mukaiyama aldol reaction.*

* The subscripts a, q, x, y, and Z represent the number of 2-(hydroxyphenylmethyl)cyclohexanone, water, triflate, THF, and benzaldehyde ligands, respectively. Charges have been omitted for simplification.