M. Hayashi et al., NOVEL ASYMMETRIC RING-OPENING REACTIONS OF SYMMETRICAL N-ACYLAZIRIDINES WITH ARENETHIOLS CATALYZED BY CHIRAL DIALKYL TARTRATE-DIETHYLZINC COMPLEXES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (23), 1994, pp. 2699-2700
The asymmetric ring-opening reaction of N-acylaziridines with arenethi
ols proceeds in the. presence of chiral zinc complexes prepared from d
iethylzinc and L-(+)-diisopropyl tartrate (dipt) to afford trans-2-thi
o-(N-acylamino)cyclohexane in up to 88% enantiomeric excess (e.e.).