Scheme 7.

Alkynes as latent allenes in alcohol-mediated hydrohydroxyalkylation to form linear or branched homoallylic alcohols.a
aYields are of material isolated by flash chromatography on silica gel. Diastereoselectivity was determined through 1H NMR analysis of crude reaction mixtures. Enantiomeric excess was determined by chiral stationary phase HPLC analysis. SL-J009-1 = (R)-1-[(SP)-2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethyldi-tert-butylphosphine. Ar = 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl.