Soai, Kenso, Tadakatsu Hayase, and Kazuhisa Takai. “Catalytic chirally self-replicating molecule. Asymmetric autocatalytic reaction of a zinc alkoxide of chiral 1-ferrocenyl-2-methylpropan-1-ol.” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 6, no. 3 (1995): 637-638.
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Isopropylzinc alkoxide of 1-ferrocenyl-2-methylpropan-1-ol was found to be a catalytic chirally self-replicating molecule which produces itself with the same configuration from ferrocenyl aldehyde and diisopropylzinc with 35–39% e.e. in good yields.