title: Highly diastereoselective reformatsky-type reaction promoted by tin iodide ate complex.
abstract: [reaction: see text] An ate type of tin complex, Li(+)[n-Bu(2)SnI(3)](-)/HMPA, works as a novel type of reagent to accomplish the highly diastereoselective Reformatsky-type reaction by the halogen-metal exchange method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Chemistry & Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. shibata@ap.chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ikuya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baba