Chlorobis((1S,2R,3S,5S)-2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo(3.1.1)hept-3-yl)borane → (R)-1-(4-isobutylphenyl)pentan-1-ol

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4'-Isobutylpentanophenone (2.1 g) was added to a solution of (+)-B-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane (3.57 g) in tetrahydrofuran (7 ml) at -25° C. After stirring for 5 hours, the solvent was removed and the residue was dissolved in ethyl ether (30 ml). To this solution was added diethanolamine (2 ml), and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The solid was filtered off and washed with ethyl ether. The combined filtrates were concentrated and the residue was chromatographed on silica gel (hexane:dichloromethane =1:2) to give (R)-1-(4-isobutylphenyl)pentan-1-ol (635 mg).

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