Abstract
Hydroxyketones and diketones have been reduced with lithium indium hydride to give meso-diols selectively. α-Hydroxyketones and α-diketones are reduced to meso-1,2-diols with high diastereoselectivities, whereas the selectivities of β-hydroxyketones and β-diketones are less satisfactory.
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