Enantioselective Addition of Organozinc Compounds

1 Introduction 2 The Mechanism of Catalysis for Diorganozinc Addition to Carbonyl Compounds 3 Enantioselective Addition of Organozincs to Carbonyl Compounds 4 Enantioselective Addition of Diorganozincs to Imine Derivatives 5 Asymmetric Amplification 6 Asymmetric Autocatalysis in the Asymmetric Addition of Dialkylzincs to Aldehydes 7 Conclusion 8 Acknowledgment Keywords: chirality - role in chemical, biological and material sciences; dialkyl function of dialkylzincs; carbon-nitrogen double bond; asymmetric amplification; asymmetric autocatalysis with high enantioselectivity; chiral compounds as chiral initiators; asymmetric amplification