title: Forming tertiary organolithiums and organocuprates from nitrile precursors and their bimolecular reactions with carbon electrophiles to form quaternary carbon stereocenters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA.
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schnermann
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Untiedt
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Osés
authors.forename: Kendall N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Houk
authors.forename: Larry E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Overman
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009570:Nitriles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002244:Carbon; D003300:Copper; D008094:Lithium