Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,2-Amino Alcohols Usingtert-Butanesulfinimines as Chiral Auxiliary

Facile and highly stereoselective synthesis of 1,2-amino alcohols has been achieved by the addition of [(dimethylphenyl­silyl)methyl] magnesium chloride to the tert-butanesulfinimines, followed by Fleming-Tamao oxidation of the silicon moiety.