title: Novel dimethoxy(aminoalkoxy)borate derived from (S)-diphenylprolinol as highly efficient catalyst for the enantioselective boron-mediated reduction of prochiral ketones.
abstract: The novel dimethoxyl(aminoalkoxy)borate 1 was isolated as a white crystalline dimer joined by H-bonding as evidenced by X-ray analysis, and demonstrated to be a highly effective catalyst for the asymmetric reduction of representative prochiral ketones with borane-DMS. Optically pure alcohols were obtained using only 1 mol% of catalyst 1 in up to 99% ee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao, CUH Station, Humacao, Puerto Rico 00791, USA.
authors.forename: Viatcheslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stepanenko
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Marciales
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia