The application of difunctional organosilicon compounds to organic synthesis; 1,3-asymmetric induction in the reduction of β-hydroxy-ketones
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 11,p. 831-832
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39860000831
Abstract
A number of β-hydroxy-ketones were reduced to anti-1,3-diols with diastereoisomeric excesses exceeding 95%, by a method involving presumed intramolecular transfer of hydrogen from a silicon atom to the carbonyl carbon.Keywords
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