Asymmetric synthesis of (S)-bufuralol of 87% ee from 3-ethyl-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, via the reduction of 2-bromo-1-(7-ethylbenzofuran-2-yl) ethanone with (−)-B- chlorodiisopinocampheylborane as the key step, followed by cyclization of the product bromohydrin to the corresponding epoxide and treatment with tert-butylamine, is described.(S)-1-(3-Phenethylbenzofuran-2-yl)-2-propylaminoethanol of 73% ee, a ...