“…Secondary alkyl-aryl-carbinols exhibited a significant predictive enantiomer-selectivity in acetal formation under reversible conditions with the designed lactols [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ]. The effect of enantiomer selectivity was also observed in ether formation [ 45 , 46 ], thioacetal and thioether formation [ 47 ] and in 1,4-addition of amines [ 48 , 49 ]. Added steric hindrance led to increased enantiomer selectivities of up to 14:1 [ 50 , 51 , 52 ].…”