title: Highly enantiomerically enriched alpha-haloalkyl Grignard reagents
abstract: alpha-Chloro- and alpha-bromoalkyl Grignard reagents 11 and 30 with > 97% ee (enantiomeric excess) were generated by a sulfoxide/magnesium exchange reaction from the enantiomerically and diastereomerically pure sulfoxides 25 and 27. The resulting alpha-haloalkyl Grignard reagents are configurationally stable at -78 degrees C. Racemization sets in at or above -60 degrees C, especially when the solution contains bromide ions. In the absence of halide ions, the configurational stability extends up to -20 degrees C, when chemical decomposition commences.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany. rwho@mail.chemie.uni-marburg.de
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Nell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harms