Abstract

Asymmetric reduction of various ketones with sodium borohydride in the presence of chiral onium salts in two phase system afforded the corresponding alcohols with 0–43% e. e. The extent of asymmetric synthesis and the configuration of the predominant enantiomer were dependent on the structure of both substrate and catalyst.

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