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The hydroboration of trisubstituted olefins with IpcBH(2) provides enantiom
erically enriched organoboranes which after successive treatment with Et2BH
and i-Pr2Zn afford diastereomerically pure (>95% de) configurationally sta
ble cyclic and open-chain organozinc reagents which can be trapped with var
ious electrophiles (allylic halides, acid chlorides and 1-bromoalkynes) wit
h retention of configuration.