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1,3-Stereoinduction in the addition of alkyl radicals to glyoxylic imines d
erived from various chiral amines has been investigated. New synthetic meth
odologies involving Et3B and Et2Zn as mediators have been compared. Dihydro
-1,4-oxazin-2-one (2b) gave the highest d.e. but no chemoselectivity. Open
chain analogues derived from beta-alkoxyamines led to good stereoinduction
when the reaction was performed with Et2Zn which is a bidentate complexing
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