Trimethyl borate → (1R)-1-(3-methanesulfonylphenyl)ethan-1-ol

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B(OMe)3 (62 μL, 0.55 mmol) was added to (R)-(+)-α,α-diphenyl-2-pyrrolidinemethanol in THF (5 mL) followed by BH3.Me3S (2M in THF, 1.23 mL, 2.54 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 1 h before 1-[3-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethanone (458 mg, 2.31 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was added over 1.5 h. The resulting mixture was stirred overnight and then quenched with 1M HCl (2 mL). The mixture was concentrated and the crude product was purified by flash column chromatography (CH2Cl2/MeOH 50:1) to give the title compound (378 mg, 18% yield).

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