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Chapter 3 78Product R R' T °C Yield %(±)-27a Biphenyl H 0 95(±)-27b Ph 2Br 0 94(±)-27c Biphenyl 2-Br 0 95(±)-27d Biphenyl 2-F 0 94(±)-27e Biphenyl 4-NO 2 -15-0 98(±)-27f Biphenyl 3-NO 2 -15-0 95(±)-27g 2Benzo[b]furan H 0 93(±)-27h 2Benzo[b]furan 4-CN -15-0 97(±)-27i 2Benzo[b]furan 2,4-Cl 0 93(±)-27l 2Benzo[b]furan 4-F 0 94(±)-27m 2Benzo[b]furan 4-Cl 0 95Table 3.3: Reduction <strong>of</strong> prochiral ketones 25a-f <strong>and</strong> 26a-e to racemic alcohols (±)-27a-m byNaBH 4.3.4. Asymmetric Reduction <strong>of</strong> Prochiral Ketons.The most widely used chiral <strong>agents</strong> for <strong>the</strong> reduction <strong>of</strong> prochiralketones to enantiopure alcohols were reported <strong>in</strong> chapter 2. It was alsoemphasized that <strong>the</strong> procedure 25,26 described by E. Brown should beconsidered <strong>the</strong> only promis<strong>in</strong>g method for our purpose, s<strong>in</strong>ce all o<strong>the</strong>rmethods work only very well for ketones hav<strong>in</strong>g two different substituentsei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong> size (very large-very small) or <strong>in</strong> structure (aliphatic-aromatic).3.4.1 Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> (R)-(-)-2-(2-iso<strong>in</strong>dol<strong>in</strong>yl) butan-1-ol (-)-24. Anoptically active lig<strong>and</strong> for <strong>the</strong> asymmetric reduction <strong>of</strong>prochiral benzophenones.Brown <strong>and</strong> coworkers did not report <strong>the</strong> experimental procedure for<strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> (R)-(-)-2-(2-iso <strong>in</strong>dol<strong>in</strong>yl) butan-1-ol (-)-24. Thesyn<strong>the</strong>sis was achieved by alkylation <strong>of</strong> 1,2-dichloroxylene or 1,2-dibromoxylene with R-(-) -2-am<strong>in</strong>obutan-1-ol <strong>in</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> dry K 2 CO 3 asbase (scheme 3.9).

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