136003-07-1Relevant articles and documents
New Chiral Auxiliaries Derived from β-Pinene: Their Use in the Asymmetric Reduction of β-Keto-Esters
Vasconcellos, Mario Luiz,d'Angelo, Jean,Desmaele, Didier,Costa, Paulo R. R.,Potin, Dominique
, p. 353 - 356 (2007/10/02)
3-Ketobutyrates 6, derived from chiral auxiliary alcohols 5 - themselves efficiently prepared from β-pinene 4 - were reduced with zinc borohydride, giving 3-hydroxybutyrates 7 with 2-70percent de, depending on the nature of aryl group in alcohols 5.