Homochiral (1'R)-(+)-(ortho-methoxystyrene) chromium tricarbonyl under
goes a completely alpha-stereoselective tandem beta-nucleophilic, alph
a-electrophilic addition sequence with t-butyl lithium and methyl iodi
de to generate, after decomplexation, homochiral (2R)-(+)-2-(ortho-ani
syl)-4,4-dimethylpentane.