Only the axial diastereomer of sulfonium salts 2 are formed upon alkylation of 1. Deprotonation of 2 results in ylides, which allow the highly enantioselective cyclopropanation of Michael systems. The chiral auxiliary 1 is recovered and can be reused.
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Solladié‐Cavallo et al. (1998) studied this question.