Stereoselective Reduction of α,β-Epoxy Ketones into erythro-α,β-Epoxy Alcohols with Sodium Borohydride in the Presence of Calcium Chloride
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 21 (6) , 967-970
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1992.967
Abstract
Erythro-α,β-Epoxy alcohols were prepared with high stereoselectivity by sodium borohydride reduction of the corresponding α,β-epoxy ketones in the presence of calcium chloride or manganese(II) chloride regardless of the substituents on the epoxide ring.Keywords
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