Mechanochemistry assisted asymmetric organocatalysis: A ...
Among different organocatalysts used for asymmetric aldol reactions, proline and its derivatives emerged as powerful catalysts for the enamine activation of donor aldehyde or ketone. Bolm''s group reported a solventfree asymmetric organocatalytic aldol reaction under ballmilling conditions using Lproline (I) as catalyst (Scheme 1) [29–30].