title: CuH-catalyzed enantioselective 1,2-reductions of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones.
abstract: The first study on a general technology for arriving at valued nonracemic allylic alcohols using asymmetric ligand-accelerated catalysis by copper hydride is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Zarko V
authors.initials: ZV
authors.lastname: Bosković
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.forename: Bruce H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lipshutz
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D007659:Ketones