La 反应 est 适用一个 une variete de composes carbonyles insatures destructures different tels que, cetones aromatiques, cetones acetyleniques, cetones ethyleniques et aldehydes。L'utilite est illustree par la synthese fortement Stereocontrolee d'intermediaires de prostaglandines, de quelques pheromones d'insectes, d'alcools terpeniques primaires chiraux, de phenyloxiranne optiquement actif...
reducing agents suitable for prostaglandinsynthesis, diisobutylaluminum 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenoxide (1) is found to be among the best. Reduction of the C-15 ketone with 1 in toluene at −78 °C produced the desired 15S-alcohol in 95% yield with 92% stereoselectivity. The present procedure is suitable for the synthesis of prostaglandin derivatives and related polyfunctional natural products as shown in