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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 21, 1991 - Issue 10-11
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Asymmetric Reduction of Acetoacetic Ester by Chirally Modified Sodium Borohydride

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Pages 1137-1142 | Received 25 Feb 1991, Published online: 16 Feb 2007
 

Abstract

Asymmetric reduction of acetoacetic ester(6) was carried out by chirally modified NaBH4. Under the present conditions, ethyl β-hydroxybutyrate(8) was obtained in high chemical yield (optical yield 8-19%).

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