The sodium borohydride–(L)-tartaric acid system is effective for the asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones if they are functionalized on the α- or β-carbon with a group that can chelate to the chirally modified borohydride.
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Masanobu Yotagai (1990) studied this question.
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