A mild and efficient alkoxide-directed carbometalation is described. Regioselective carbon-carbon bond formation occurs in all cases at the site distal to the tethered alkoxide. This reaction provides a convenient means to prepare differentially functionalized tetrasubstituted 1,3-dienes in a regio- and stereoselective manner.
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Ryan et al. (2006) studied this question.