K. Mallaiah et al., CHLOROALLYL ANION - HIGHLY REGIOSELECTIVE AND DIASTEREOSELECTIVE ALPHA-ADDITION OF CHLOROALLYL ZINC REAGENT TO CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS, Tetrahedron letters, 34(19), 1993, pp. 3145-3148
The chloroallyl zinc reagent generated insitu by deprotonation of ally
l chloride in the presence of lithium diisopropylamide and zinc chlori
de undergoes highly regio- and diastereoselective alpha-addition to ca
rbonyl compounds to give syn chlorohydrins which on treatment with bas
e afford cis vinyloxiranes in high yields.