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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 22, 1992 - Issue 15
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Original Articles

Enantioselective Catalytic Borane Reductions of Achiral Ketones: Synthesis and Application Of New Catalysts Prepared from (S)-Tert-Leucine and (S)-Azetidinecarboxylic Acid

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Pages 2143-2153 | Received 19 Mar 1992, Published online: 24 Sep 2006
 

Abstract

Enantiocontrolled reduction of prochiral ketones with borane in the presence of homochiral amino alcohols 1—3 as enantioselective catalysts afforded the corresponding secondary alcohols in moderate to high (69 to >99 %) optical yields.

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