An efficient synthesis of enantiomerically pure trans-2-phenylcyclohexanol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)77259-5

Both enantiomers of trans-2-phenylcyclohexanol (3), Whitesell's auxiliary, have been prepared in a simple two step sequence featuring a catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation followed by stereo selective hydrogenolysis.