New β-Amino Alcohols as Chiral Ligands for the Catalytic Enantioselective Reduction of Prochiral Ketones and the Nucleophilic Addition of Diethylzine to Benzaldyhyde

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/cber.19961290616

New optically active β-amino alcohols, derived from various acyclic and cyclic amino acids with alkyl groups on the carbinol carbon atom, were used in the enantioselective reduction of prochiral ketones. The attachment of aikyl groups to the nitrogen atom