Beta-Keto Sulfoxide reduction-stereodivergent

diastereoisomer
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Diastereoselectivity

Beta-Keto Sulfoxide reduction-stereodivergent

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In the presence of ZnCl2, the hydride transfer is intermolecular yielding the R,R enantiomer. In the absence of the ZnCl2, the hydride transfer is intramolecular delivering the hydride directly yielding the R,S enantiomer.

Summary page : Without ZnCl2 : With ZnCl2

A. Solladié-Cavallo, J. Suffert, A. Adib and G. Solladié, Tetrahedron Lett., 1990, 31, 6649–6652.

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