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HIGHLY STEREOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF α-METHYLTHIO AND α-PHENYLTHIO KETONES---SYNTHESIS OF syn- AND anti-β-METHYLTHIO- AND β-PHENYLTHIOALCOHOLS---
Shimagaki, Masayuki,Maeda, Tadashi,Matsuzaki, Yuji,Hori, Ishaburo,Nakata, Tadashi,Oishi, Takeshi
, p. 4775 - 4778 (2007/10/02)
Reduction of α-methylthio and α-phenylthio ketones 1 with L- selectride gave syn-alcohols 2 in high stereoselectivity except when R1 was cyclohexyl group, while reduction with Zn(BH4)2 gave the isomeric anti-alcohols 3 provided R3 was a methyl group.