Table 4.

Asymmetric Reduction of Aryl Ketones

Entry	Ketone		Cat	Yield (%)		ee (%)
1		4b	(S)-3 (R)-7f	90 92	5b	78 (R) 86 (S)
2 3		8a = H 8b = OTs	(S)-3 (R)-7f (S)-3	59 89 70	9a 9b	88 (R) 86 (S) 83 (R)
4		8c	(S)-3 (R)-7f	69 61	9c	87 (R) 86 (S)
5 6		4a R = OMe 8d = H	(S)-3 (R)-7f (S)-3	71 97 84	5a 9d	93(R) 94(S) 89 (R)
7		8e	(S)-3 (R)-7f	70 82	9e	75 (R) 88 (S)
8		8f	(S)-3 (R)-7f	83 96	9f	78 (R) 81 (S)
9		8g	(S)-3 (R)-7f	51 64	9g	93 (R) 82 (S)
10		8h	(R)-7f	80	9h	84 (S)
11		8i	(S)-3	94	9i	15 (R)
12		8j	(R)-7f	67	9j	6 (S)