Diisobutyltelluronium trimethylsilylpropynyl ylide, generated from 3-trimethylsilylprop-2-ynyldiisobutyltelluronium bromide with lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (LiTMP), reacts with carbonyl compounds to afford predominately cis-trimethylsilylethynyl epoxides in good to excellent yields.
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Zhou et al. (1992) studied this question.