Atropo-enantioselective biaryl synthesis by stereocontrolled cleavage of configuratively labile lactone-bridged precursors using chiral H-nucleophiles

Highly enantioselective borane reduction of ketones catalyzed by chiral oxazaborolidines. Mechanism and synthetic implications

E. J. Corey, Raman K. Bakshi, Saizo Shibata · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 1.4K citations

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A stable and easily prepared catalyst for the enantioselective reduction of ketones. Applications to multistep syntheses

E. J. Corey, Raman K. Bakshi, Saizo Shibata et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 864 citations

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An efficient and catalytically enantioselective route to (S)-(-)-phenyloxirane

E. J. Corey, Saizo Shibata, Raman K. Bakshi · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1988 · 394 citations

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Asymmetric synthesis via axially dissymmetric molecules. 6. Rational designing of efficient chiral reducing agents. Highly enantioselective reduction of aromatic ketones by binaphthol-modified lithium aluminum hydride reagents

Ryōji Noyori, I. Tomino, Yoshifumi Tanimoto et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1984 · 343 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

Asymmetric synthesis via axially dissymmetric molecules. 7. Synthetic applications of the enantioselective reduction by binaphthol-modified lithium aluminum hydride reagents

Ryōji Noyori, I. Tomino, Mitsuhiko Yamada et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1984 · 303 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8