Depending on the electrophile, substitution of the chiral benzyllithium compound 2, which is configurationally stable in solution, takes place with retention or inversion of configuration. 2 was generated by deprotonation of the Corresponding optically active benzyl carbamate 1. The products 3 are of interest as synthetic building blocks. Cb C(O)NiPr2.
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