Solvent and in situ catalyst preparation impacts upon Noyori reductions of aryl-chloromethyl ketones: application to syntheses of chiral 2-amino-1-aryl-ethanols

…, TT Parker, WD Taylor, SE Heasley, PM Herrinton…

Index: Tanis, Steven P.; Evans, Bruce R.; Nieman, James A.; Parker, Timothy T.; Taylor, Wendy D.; Heasley, Steven E.; Herrinton, Paul M.; Perrault, William R.; Hohler, Richard A.; Dolak, Lester A.; Hester, Matthew R.; Seest, Eric P. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2006 , vol. 17, # 14 p. 2154 - 2182

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Abstract

As part of medicinal chemistry efforts we found it necessary to develop general syntheses of highly enantiomerically enriched 1-aryl-2-chloroethanols and 1-aryl-2-methylaminoethanols. A survey of literature methods suggested that a truly general approach had not yet been reported, encouraging us to undertake the development of such a methodology. This study describes the design, development, and reduction to practice of a general synthesis of ...