Nucleophilic attack by an ethylcuprate on the α,β-unsaturated ketone 3 takes place anti to the silyl group to give largely (96∶4) a single product 4, fragmentation of which removes the silyl group, and reveals a pair of stereogenic centres having an open-chain 1,5 relationship 9.
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