Catalytic Effect of Five-Coordinate Organotin Bromide or Tetraphenylstibonium Bromide on the Chemo- and Stereoselective Addition of Tin Enolate to<i>α</i>-Halo Ketone
tetraphenylstibonium bromide, similarly promoted the selective addition of tin enolates to the carbonyl moiety in α-halo ketones. The reaction with 2-chlorocyclohexanones and the enolates gave chlorohydrins bearing chloro- and hydroxyl groups in the cis-conformation. Chemoselective carbonyl addition to acyclic α-halo ketones was followed by effective cyclization to 2-(2-oxoethyl)oxiranes. The structural and bonding