Technical Notes:

1. Convenient catalyst for the enantios elective borane reduction of ketones at ambient temperatures.

2.Asymmetric synthesis of a-chiral hydroxyalkylphosphines via a catalytic, enantioselective reduction of acylphos phines.

3.Nickel- catalyzed cros s-couplings of benzylic pivalates with arylboroxines: Stereos pecific formation of diarylalkanes andtriarylmethanes.

4. Enantioselective reduction of prochiral ketones with NaBH./MeSOa/(S)-Me -CBS.

References: 1. Org. Lett, 2014, 16, 5830. 2.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 3307. 3.Synthetic Commun., 2014, 44, 151 5.