“…All solvents were dried by standard procedures before used in the reactions. -Valinol, [33] -tert-leucinol, [34] sodium tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate, [35] (1R,2S)-2-({2-[(1S,2R)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-phenylethylamino]ethyl}-amino)-1-phenylpropan-1-ol (5) [22] and compound 9 [23] were prepared according to literature procedures. (-)-Norephedrine, (+)-norephedrine, (-)-(1R,2R)-amino-1-phenylpropane-1,3-diol, aldehydes, potassium tert-butoxide, lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, and diethylzinc were purchased from Aldrich.…”