A tandem asymmetric synthesis approach for the efficient preparation of enantiomerically pure 9-(hydroxyethyl) anthracene
Ball JC., Brennan P., Elsunaki TM., Jaunet A., Jones S.
A tandem approach for the preparation of gram quantities of enantiomerically pure 9-(hydroxyethyl)-anthracene is presented using an asymmetric reduction followed by kinetic resolution that has potential applicability to other chiral alcohols. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.