An allylation-metathesis sequence as a convergent strategy towards enantiopure equivalents of highly functionalized cyclic dienes

Highly enantioenriched equivalents of cyclic dienes have been readily prepared by asymmetric allylation of unsaturated aldehydes using a chiral allyltitanium reagent, followed by a ring-closing metathesis. The resulting β-hydroxy allylsilanes react stereoselectively with a wide variety of electrophilic reagents.