A highly diastereoselective method for the synthesis of cis-3-hexene-1,6-diols has been developed. This new reaction proceeds with excellent control of diastereoselectivity over four stereocenters and the double bond geometry. The diols are made in a one-pot procedure involving hydroboration of a terminal alkyne and transmetalation to zinc to give a divinylzinc intermediate. This intermediate undergoes reductive elimination, forming a C=C bond. In the absence of a trapping reagent, diene is liberated (70% yield); however, in the presence of ketones or aldehydes, the proposed intermediate metallocyclopentene is trapped via a double insertion of the carbonyl substrate. Workup provides the diols in 47-86% yield.
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