Synlett 2002(7): 1128-1130
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32598
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A Simple Protocol for the One Pot Synthesis of Chiral Secondary Benzylic Alcohols by Catalytic Enantioselective Reduction of Aromatic Ketones

Viviana L. Ponzo, Teodoro S. Kaufman*
Instituto de Química Orgánica de Síntesis -IQUIOS- (CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Casilla de Correo 991, S2000WAJ Rosario, República Argentina
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Publication History

Received 13 February 2002
Publication Date:
07 February 2007 (online)

Abstract

A simple and efficient protocol for the one-pot catalytic enantioselective reduction of prochiral aromatic ketones mediated by in situ prepared catalysts derived from (S)-(-)-diphenyl-pyrrolidin-2-yl-methanol, is reported.