K. Chibale et al., NEW HOMOCHIRAL BINAPHTHOL-MODIFIED ORGANOLANTHANIDE REAGENTS FOR THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE ADDITION TO ALDEHYDES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 4(12), 1993, pp. 2407-2410
Optically active secondary alcohols were obtained in high chemical yie
ld and optical purity (up to 85% ee) from the lanthanide-mediated enan
tioselective addition of alkyl nucleophiles to aromatic aldehydes.