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Asymmetric synthesis of highly substituted β-nitro alcohols and enantiomerically enriched 4,4,5-trisubstituted oxazolidinones
Crich, David,Ranganathan, Krishnakumar,Rumthao, Sochanchingwung,Shirai, Michio
, p. 2034 - 2037 (2007/10/03)
It is demonstrated that α,α-disubstituted-α-nitroketones are reduced to the corresponding trisubstituted nitro alcohols in good to excellent yield and enantiomeric excess by borane-dimethyl sulfide in the presence of a chiral oxazaborolidine catalyst. Red
