Organo-phosphorus compounds S 0080Distinct Chemoselectivity in the Reaction of N-(Thio)phosphoryl Imines with Diethylzinc. -Reaction of N-(thio)phosphoryl imines (I) with diethylzinc in toluene proceeds with unexpected chemoselectivity to afford the reduction products (II) exclusively. In contrast, in the presence of strongly coordinating TMEDA the reaction proceeds with formation of the ethyl adduct [cf. (V)] in high yields. Mixtures of both reduction and ethylation products are formed in more polar solvents in the absence of other additives. The reaction mechanism is discussed and a coordinative interaction between imine, solvent, diethylzinc and additive is proposed. -(MA, X.; XU, X.; WANG, C.; ZHAO*, G.; ZHOU, Z.; TANG, C.; J.