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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Feb 22;140(9):3322–3330. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b12768

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Spin-center shift (SCS) as a conceptual basis for the enantioselective α-benzylation of aldehydes with alcohols. (a) SCS in DNA biosynthesis. (b) Advantages of alcohols as alkylating agents and a possible mechanism in which benzylic alcohols may be engaged by SCS.