C. Bonini et al., BORON MEDIATED ONE-POT ALDOL-REDUCTION SEQUENCE - ENANTIO AND DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF TYPICAL POLYKETIDE FRAGMENTS, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 5(2), 1994, pp. 173-176
an aldol-reduction one-pot sequence allows syn-syn polyketide fragment
s such as 7 to be obtained enantio and diastereoselectively. Enol diis
opinocampheylborinate is able to influence both the aldol and the subs
equent reduction with NaBH4, via a chelate chair like intermediate.