%0 Journal Article %T Chiral Allylsilane Additions to Chiral alpha-Substituted Aldehydes %A Dias %A Luiz C. %A Giacomini %A Rosana %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 1998 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50531998000400008 %X chiral allylsilane 3 reacted with chiral a-methyl-b-siloxy-aldehydes to afford the corresponding 1,4-syn-products with good diastereoselectivities independent of the absolute stereochemistry of these aldehydes. the best selectivities are observed when the reactions are carried out by transmetallation of the allylsilane 3 using tin (iv) chloride in ch2cl2, at -78 ¡ãc, before addition of the aldehydes. %K chiral allylsilane %K transmetallation %K 1 %K 4-asymmetric induction %K polyacetate derived natural products. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50531998000400008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en