The asymmetric synthesis of allylic alcohols using a recoverable chiral sulphoxide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88346-7

The enantiomerically pure cyclic sulphinamide S(S)R-(+)-3 reacts with the sodium enolates of ketones to give the corresponding homochiral sulphoxides. Reduction of the carbonyl group in these products using DIBAL-H or DIBAL- H/ZnBr₂ gives compl