Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A number of aliphatic and aromatic β-hydroxyketones were reduced to 1,3-diol monoesters by aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of scandium triflate. Chiral substrates were reduced with high 1,3-anti diastereoselectivity. ... Sc(OTf) 3 catalyses the highly diastereoselective ...