A NEW SYSTEM FOR CATALYTIC ENANTIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF ACHIRAL KETONES TO CHIRAL ALCOHOLS - SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL ALPHA-HYDROXY ACIDS

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作者
COREY, EJ
BAKSHI, RK
机构
[1] Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0040-4039(00)94581-7
中图分类号
O62 [有机化学];
学科分类号
070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The reduction of a variety of achiral ketones with catecholborane as stoichiometric reductant and 0.1 equiv of oxazaborolidine 2 as catalyst in toluene at -78°C proceeds in > 95% yield and with enantioselectivities in the range 30:1 to 9: 1, depending on substrate. This reduction procedure is especially advantageous for α,β-enones, thereby providing chiral precursors for a great variety of compounds, for example, α-hydroxy acids. © 1990.
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页码:611 / 614
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