[Reaction: see text]. Reaction of chiral guanidinium ylides with alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes gives 3-(alpha,beta-unsaturated) aziridine-2-carboxylates in high diastereo- and enantioselectivities (up to 93% diastereomeric excess and 98% enantiomeric excess). 3-(1-methylvinyl)- and 3-[(E)-pentadec-1-enyl]aziridine-2-carboxylates were successfully employed to prepare (2R,3S)-3-hydroxyleucinate and d-erythro-sphingosine, respectively.
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