New strategy for the preparation of nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing chiral polyfunctional secondary alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00487-6

The use of borane-derived protecting groups for aldehydes containing pyridine and phosphine functionalities allows the performance of highly enantioselective additions of functionalized diorganozincs leading to polyfunctional chiral hydroxy-pyridines and