%0 Journal Article
%T Valine-mediated borane reduction of ketones
%A A. V. TEODOROVIC
%A M. D. JOKSOVIC
%A S. K. KONSTANTINOVIC
%A J. N. MILOVANOVIC
%J Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
%D 2000
%I Serbian Chemical Society
%X Acetophenone, 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone, 3-methyl-2-butanone, and 2-pentanone were reduced with (S)-valine-mediated borane in very good yields (86-91 %) giving predominantly alcohols of the (R)-configuration (80, 64, 55 and 36 % ee, respectively).
%K valine-mediated borane
%K chiral reduction
%K acetophenone
%U http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol65/No8-Pdf/jscs8-02.pdf