[reaction: see text] Zinc-complexed methylene ammonium ylides are formed from tertiary amines and the Simmons-Smith reagent. These stable entities can be activated with n-BuLi to allow reactions typical of ammonium ylides such as [2,3] rearrangements. In the case of oxazolidine 12, ylide formation, activation, and subsequent [2,3] rearrangement was highly efficient and occurred with very high diastereoselectivity.
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