Chiral synthesis via organoboranes. 25.
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Herbert C. Brown; Ramnarayan S. Randad
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Article
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1990
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The asymmetric crotylboration of representative aldehydes, RCHO (R = Me, Et-), with B-[Z and El-crotylbis@isocaranyl)boranes (4 and 5) proceeds with remarkably high enantioselectivity (>94-98% ee) and diastereoselectivity (>99% de) at -78 Oc in ethyl ether.