Recent development of asymmetric syntheses based on the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction.

Stereoselective Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MVP) reductions, including intermolecular MPV reductions, intramolecular MPV reductions (asymmetric 1,5- and 1,7-hydride shifts), catalytic MPV reduction, and reactions related to the MPV reduction are reviewed from the standpoint of asymmetric synthesis. Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.