Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 61(55), p. 8947-8950, 2019
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04716f
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The first example of nucleophilic addition of an organolithium to a ketenimine to prepare an enantiopure NNN-heteroscorpionate ligand is reported. Its utility to induce chirality is verified via preparation of two new zinc complexes, producing highly isotactic poly(lactide)s.