Configurationally stable even at 0°C, the lithiated benzyl thiocarbamate (S)-1 can be substituted by most electrophilic reagents with inversion of configuration. It is the first enantiomerically pure α-thiocarbanion whose outstanding configurational stability allows synthetic use.
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