| abstract |
The present invention provides a process for reducingncarbonyl compounds to hydroxy compounds, in particularnstereoselectively reducing α-aminohaloketone derivatives,nunder mild conditions in an easy and simple manner, whichncomprises reacting a carbonyl compound of the general formulan(1) with an organoaluminum compound of the general formual (4)nto provide the corresponding alcohol compound of the generalnformula (5). |