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Asymmetric synthesis of β-amino alcohols by the transfer hydrogenation of α-keto imines
Tafelska-Kaczmarek, Agnieszka,Prewysz-Kwinto, Andrzej,Skowerski, Krzysztof,Pietrasiak, Katarzyna,Kozakiewicz, Anna,Zaidlewicz, Marek
scheme or table, p. 2244 - 2248 (2010/11/03)
The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of representative aryl and benzofuranyl 2-tert-butylaminoethanones with formic acid-triethylamine, catalyzed by RhCl[(R,R)-TsDPEN](C5Me5), produced the corresponding β-tert-butylamino alcohols in 97-99% ee. A short asymmetric synthesis of (R)-bufuralol, a potent β-adrenergic receptor antagonist, is described. This approach to β-amino alcohols from ketones circumvents the halogenation-reduction-amination sequence.