“…Chiral β-aminoalcohol units are found in many bioactive compounds used for the therapeutic treatment of various diseases [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. Chiral trans -β-aminocyclohexanol derivatives are particularly useful substrates as key intermediates for the synthesis of 1-cyclopropyl-1-((1 R ,2 R )-2-hydroxycyclohexyl)-3-(3-((2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-6-yl)oxy)propyl)urea, which is a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor with vascular hypertrophy effects, and ( R )-1-((1 R ,2 R )-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethoxy)cyclohexyl)-pyrrolidin-3-ol, which is an antiarrhythmic agent ( Figure 1 ) [ 4 , 5 , 6 ]. The most effective method to synthesize chiral trans -β-aminocycloalkanols is the catalytic asymmetric amination of the corresponding 1,2-epoxycycloalkanes.…”