Enantioselective synthesis of 1-arylethanediols by rhodium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of α-tosyloxyarylketones

DM Lee, G Kumaraswamy, KI Lee

Index: Lee, Do-Min; Kumaraswamy, Gullapalli; Lee, Kee-In Monatshefte fur Chemie, 2009 , vol. 140, # 1 p. 73 - 78

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Abstract

Abstract Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of α-tosyloxyarylketones mediated by a chiral rhodium complex using an azeotropic mixture of formic acid/triethylamine afforded the corresponding 1-arylethanediol monotosylates in excellent yield with high enantioselectivity.