Enantiomerically enriched alpha,alpha-disubstituted phenylacetonitriles have been readily prepared by stereoselective quaternization of 2-alkyl-2-[2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)phenyl]acetonitriles with different alkylating electrophiles in the presence of bases. The use of potassium hexamethyldisilazane (KHMDS)/[18]crown-6 ether and NHMDS with alkyl halides afforded S,S(S) and R,S(S) diastereoisomers, respectively, in high enantiomeric purities, thus providing stereodivergent processes for synthesizing both isomers. The dependence of the stereochemical course of the reactions on the experimental conditions (mainly on the counterion) has been rationalized by assuming a planar or pyramidal structure for the benzylic carbanions. This hypothesis has been supported by NMR spectroscopic studies, which permit one to assign a chelated pyramidal structure to the sodium benzylic carbanions and an almost planar naked carbanionic structure to the potassium benzylic carbanions generated in the presence of [18]crown-6 ether.
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