26919-89-1Relevant articles and documents
One-pot highly stereoselective reduction of β-keto amides to syn-γ-aminols
Bartoli, Giuseppe,Bosco, Marcella,Dalpozzo, Renato,Marcantoni, Enrico,Massaccesi, Massimo,Rinaldi, Samuele,Sambri, Letizia
, p. 8811 - 8815 (2007/10/03)
In the presence of titanium tetrachloride, the borane/tetrahydrofuran complex can reduce 2-methyl-3-oxoamides into the corresponding syn-aminols in good yields and high diastereoselectivity. The use of borane/dimethyl sulfide instead of BH3/THF