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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Synth Catal. 2009 Nov;351(17):2976–2990. doi: 10.1002/adsc.200900603

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Stereochemical course of the reduction of maleimides 12a by PETNR (R=Ph or H). Two possible binding modes of 12a give the same stereochemical outcome: a) hydrogen at new stereogenic centre (C2) is derived from protonation step; b) from hydride addition step.