Fig. 7: Proposed mechanism.
From: Asymmetric reductive arylation and alkenylation to access S-chirogenic sulfinamides

DFT-computed reaction pathways for the reaction of aromatic iodide 1a with sulfinylamine I (M06-D3/6-311 + G(d,p)-SDD(Ni, Zn, and I), SMD(MeCN)//B3LYP-D3/6-31 G(d,p)-SDD(Ni, Zn, and I)).