A one-step O-acylation of threonine resulted in a simple and readily available threonine-surfactant organocatalyst that could efficiently catalyze the direct asymmetric aldol reactions of cyclic and acyclic ketones with a series of aromatic aldehydes in the presence of water at room temperature with good yields (up to 99 %), diastereoselectivities (up to 99:1),
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