Asymmetric Reduction of Prochiral Ketones in Aqueous Micelles of Chiral Surfactants (-)-Trialkylmskthylammcnium Bromides
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 18 (13), 1495-1500
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918808081306
Abstract
Prochiral Ketones were reduced by NaBH4 in aqueous micelles formed from chiral surfactants (-)-N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylmenthylammonium bromides, giving optically active alcohols with enantioselectivity up to 17.7%.Keywords
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