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Detlef Jacobi

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Heiner Jendralla

Joachim-Heiner Jendralla

Process for the diastereoselective reductive pinacol coupling of homochiral .alpha.-aminoaldehydes A process for the preparation of optically pure symmetrical compounds of the formula I ##STR1## is described, in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, are explained in the description, with simultaneous control of the four centers of chirality indicated by *.

Process for the diastereoselective reductive pinacol coupling of

Process for the diastereoselective reductive pinacol coupling of homochiral .alpha.-aminoaldehydes A process for the preparation of optically pure symmetrical compounds of the formula I ##STR1## is described in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are explained in the description, with simultaneous control of the four centers of chirality marked by *.

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