A zinc enamide of a chiral imine derived from a ketone and (S)-valinol or (S)-t-leucinol undergoes addition to 1-alkene to generate a gamma-zincioimine intermediate, which reacts with a carbon electrophile to give upon hydrolysis an optically active alpha-substituted ketone in good yield. The stereoselectivity of the addition reaction may reach 99% for the reaction of a cyclohexanone imine with ethylene.
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Nakamura et al. (2003) studied this question.
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