The synthesis of non-racemic allylic alcohols

The P-ketosulfoxide reduction methodology is also successful with a,P-unsaturated substrates. The asymmetric synthesis of both enantiomers of a range of allylic alcohols was achieved by Solladie from the corresponding a,P-unsaturated p-ketosulfoxide substrates [20, 21]. The reactions were found to be 

8 The Total Synthesis of Enantiomerieally Pure Natural Products 

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