During the experiments , it is discovered that chiral phase transfer catalysis deriving from cinchonine or ephedrine hydrochloride can induce the asymmetry synthesis of mandelic acid in the existence of adscititious solvent .

实验还发现，由辛可宁或麻黄碱衍生的手性相转移催化剂在有外加溶剂时才能诱导扁桃酸的不对称合成。