Combination of borane-dimethyl sulfide complex with catalytic sodium tetrahydroborate as a selective reducing agent for α-hydroxy esters. Versatile chiral building …
S Saito, T Hasegawa, M Inaba, R Nishida, T Fujii…
文献索引：Saito, Seiki; Hasegawa, Takashi; Inaba, Masami; Nishida, Ryosuke; Fujii, Toshikazu; et. al Chemistry Letters, 1984 , p. 1389 - 1392
Borane-dimethyl sulfide complex has proven to be an efficient and selective reducing agent in the presence of catalytic sodium tetrahydroborate for α-hydroxy esters as exemplified in the reduction of dimethyl (S)-(−)-malate, providing the versatile chiral building block of four- carbon backbone.
