Ym. Zhang et al., THE ASYMMETRIC SOLVOMERCURATION-DEMERCURATION OF OLEFINS IN CHIRAL MICELLAR SYSTEMS, Synthetic communications, 23(21), 1993, pp. 3029-3035
The solvomercuration-demercuration of olefins in chiral micelles were
investigated. The chiral carbinols can be obtained by asymmetric oxyme
rcuration of prochiral olefins with NaBH4. A satisfactory result was a
chieved. The highest e.e.% was up to 96%.