Tetrahedron

Configurational stability of chiral organolithium compounds on the time scale of their addition to aldehydes

RW Hofmann, M Julius, F Chemla, T Ruhland…

Index: Hoffmann, Reinhard W.; Julius, Manfred; Chemla, Fabrice; Ruhland, Thomas; Frenzen, Gerlinde Tetrahedron, 1994 , vol. 50, # 20 p. 6049 - 6060

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Abstract

A test based on kinetic resolution has been applied to the α-bromo-, α-phenylseleno-and α- phenylthio-alkyl-lithium compounds 1, which shows that addition of these species to the chiral aldehyde 6 occurs faster than enantiomer equilibration of the organolithium compounds.