Asymmetric reduction of ketones by phase transfer catalysis
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 12,p. 438b-439
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c3976000438b
Abstract
N-Methyl-N-dodecyl-or N-methyl-N-hexadecylephedrinium bromides and sodium borohydride stereoselectively reduce ketones by phase transfer catalysis in aqueous 1,2-dichloroethane; the optical yield depends on chain length and concentration of the surfactants.Keywords
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