title: Enantioselective Reactions of Configurationally Unstable alpha-Thiobenzyllithium Compounds.
abstract: Too unstable for asymmetric deprotonation, alpha-sulfenyl carbanions can undergo asymmetric substitution reactions with high stereoselectivity [Eq. (1)]. The key to the asymmetric induction is the dynamic kinetic resolution of the complex formed between the organolithium compound and a chiral ligand, the most effective of which were bisoxazoline derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555 (Japan).
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toru