A remarkable inversion in configuration of the product alcohols from theasymmetric reduction of ortho-hydroxyacetophenones with B-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane
摘要:
Asymmetric reduction of o-hydroxyacetophenones with B-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane provides product alcohols with the apposite configuration compared to those produced in the reduction of the corresponding o-methoxyacetophenones. The implications of this result for organic synthesis are discussed.