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Compounds (l)-1 and (u)-1 have revealed both the position of the silic
on electrofuge and the relative orientation of the double bonds in the
allylmetal-aldehyde addition. Cyclization was found to proceed with h
igh selectivity via an anti SEI pathway regardless of the proximal/dis
tal ratio.