Amination of Grignard Reagents with Retention of Configuration

Abstract

[see reaction]. The stereochemistry of electrophilic amination has been probed using the chiral Grignard reagent 5, in which the magnesium-bearing carbon atom is the sole stereogenic center. Amination with azidomethyl phenyl sulfide 1 and with O-sulfonyloxime 2 were found to proceed with full retention of configuration.