;J. N. MILOVANOVIC;B. M. MOJSILOVIC;M. D. JOKSOVIC;S. K. KONSTANTINOVIC;A. V. TEODOROVIC
meditsinskaia radiologiia2000Vol. 65pp. 549-553
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milovanovic2000journalvaline-mediated
Abstract
Acetophenone, 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone, 3-methyl-2-butanone, and 2-pentanone were reduced with (S)-valine-mediated borane in very good yields (86-91 %) giving predominantly alcohols of the (R)-configuration (80, 64, 55 and 36 % ee, respectively).