A chiral bimetallic Lewis acid as a reaction template. Asymmetric reduction of unsymmetric ketones with LiBH4

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1109-1113

  Nozaki, Kyoko ^a   Kobori, Kayo ^a   Uemura, Toshitsugi ^a   Tsutsumi, Takaharu ^a   Takaya, Hidemasa ^a   Hiyama, Tamejiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORANE DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032983280     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.72.1109     Document Type: Article

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