Stereochemical Course of the "Mixed Hydride" (AlD3 and AlCl2H) Reduction of Optically Active Styrene-2,2-d2 Oxide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00333a019

The reduction of (R)-(+)-styrene-2,2-d2 oxide with aluminum deuteride (AlD3) in diethyl ether at 0 deg C gives a nearly equal mixture of (S)-(+)-1-phenylethanol-2,2,2-d3 and (S)-(-)-2-phenylethanol-1,1,2-d3, the latter being formed with almost complete in