H. Sonnenschein et al., CHLORINATION OF ENANTIOMERICALLY PURE 1,1'-BIS(HYDROXYALKYL)-3,3'-BIINDOLIZINES - CONSERVATION OF CHIRALITY BY THERMAL-TREATMENT, Chemical communications, (6), 1997, pp. 551-552
Enantiomerically pure 1,1'-bis(hydroxyalkyl)-3,3'-biindolizines 1 race
mize unexpectedly by reaction with tetrachloromethane-triphenylphosphi
ne at room temperature affording the corresponding dichloro compounds
2, whereas the chirality is preserved at higher reaction temperatures.