Potassium Formate → HCID 117942044, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-(5-Bromo-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone (1.3 g, 3.9 mmol) in CH3CN (10 mL) was reduced to the chiral alcohol using the chiral iridium catalyst (METHOD A) at RT. The reaction mixture was then charged with potassium formate (725 mg, 8.6 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 12 h. Then the reaction was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, concentrated in vacuo and purified by normal phase silica gel column (EtOAc:PE=1:10) to afford the title compound as a colorless oil.

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