PREPARATION OF CHIRAL 5-DEAZAFLAVIN DERIVATIVES AND THEIR ASYMMETRIC REDUCTION OF ETHYL BENZOYLFORMATE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)81160-6

1,5-Dihydro-5-deazaflavin derivatives possessing a chiral substituent at N(3) position were synthesized, with which moderate asymmetric induction was observed in the reduction of ethyl benzoilformate.