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The compatibility between IrCl (cod) 2 and ruthenium complex 1 to achieve asymmetric α-alkylative reduction of prochiral ketones with primary alcohols is an essential factor in obtaining optically active alcohols with elongation of the carbon skeleton in good yields with a high enantioselectivity.
Onodera et al. (Wed,) studied this question.