Efficient general synthesis of 1,2- and 1,3-Diols in high enantiomeric excess via the intramolecular asymmetric reduction of the corresponding ketoalkyl diisopinocampheylborinate intermediates

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 761-764

  Ramachandran, P Veeraraghavan ^a   Lu, Zhi Hui ^a   Brown, Herbert C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; ISOMER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL ROTATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 0031016024     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02447-1     Document Type: Article

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