A FACILE METHOD FOR THE STEREOSELECTIVE PREPARATION OF ACYCLIC syn-1,3-AMINO ALCOHOLS FROM β-HYDROXY KETONES

Abstract
Treatment of acyclic β-hydroxy ketones with O-benzylhydroxylamine hydrochloride gave a mixture of stereoisomers of the corresponding O-benzyloximes. The mixture of the both isomers was reduced with lithium aluminum hydride in the presence of sodium or potassium methoxide to afford syn-1,3-amino alcohols in a highly stereoselective manner.