A. Torrens et al., Enantioselective synthesis of (R)- and (S)-cizolirtine; Application of oxazaborolidine-catalyzed asymmetric borane reduction to azolyl phenyl ketones, SYNLETT, (6), 1999, pp. 765-767
An efficient enantioselective synthesis of (R)- and (S)-cizolirtine 1 is de
scribed. The key step of the procedure is the CBS-oxazaborolidine asymmetri
c reduction of phenyl pyrazolyl ketone 2. Related enantioselective reductio
ns of several azolyl phenyl ketones are also reported.