“…[18,19] In synthetic organic chemistry it has seldomly been used, and the few reported examples include the functionalization of fullerenes, [20] the reductive benzylation of malonitrile, [21] the protection of amines, [22a] Knoevenagel [22b] and aldol [23] condensations, Michael additions, [22b] the preparation of phosphorus ylides, [24] the oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol, [25] and Heck-type cross-coupling reactions. [26] On that basis, a study was initiated focussing on the investigation of asymmetric organocatalytic reactions under (solvent-free) ball-milling conditions. [27] Besides enantioselective anhydride openings mediated by cinchona alkaloids, [28] proline-catalyzed asymmetric aldol reactions became research targets.…”