Mechanistic studies of atom transfer addition reactions of iodomalononitriles to alkenes. 1,2-Asymmetric induction in an iodine atom transfer reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(91)80154-X

An unusual stereoselective iodine transfer to a benzylic radical helps to show that atom transfer additions of iodomalononitriles to alkenes occur by a radical mechanism.