CATALYST CONTROL IN A CHIRAL BORANE-MEDIATED ALDOL REACTION - BOTH SYN-ALDOL AND ANTI-ALDOL IN ALMOST OPTICALLY PURE STATE OBTAINED FROM ONE RACEMIC ALDEHYDE
S. Kiyooka et al., CATALYST CONTROL IN A CHIRAL BORANE-MEDIATED ALDOL REACTION - BOTH SYN-ALDOL AND ANTI-ALDOL IN ALMOST OPTICALLY PURE STATE OBTAINED FROM ONE RACEMIC ALDEHYDE, Tetrahedron letters, 37(15), 1996, pp. 2597-2600
Chiral borane (L-2 and D-2)-mediated aldol reaction proceeded with chi
ral aldehydes (1, 5, and 9) in a manner of ''catalyst control''. Both
enantiomers were obtained from one racemic aldehyde in almost opticall
y pure state. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd