Ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer from (S)-α-deuterio-α-phenylethanol [(S)-1] to acetophenone with catalyst 3 occurs with retention of deuterium at the α-carbon of the alcohol product whereas H/D scrambling occurs with catalyst 2.
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