K. Tomooka et al., REGIOCONTROL AND STEREOCONTROL IN THE REDUCTIVE RING-OPENING OF THE SPIROCYCLIC EPOXIDE DERIVED FROM THE 4-SILOXY-2-CYCLOPENTENONE, Synlett, (9), 1993, pp. 645-646
Reductions of the title epoxide with DIBAL, NaBH4, and LiBEt3H are sho
wn to afford the cis-3-hydroxymethyl-5-siloxy-1-cyclopentene, 2-hydrox
ymethyl-4-siloxy-1-cyclopentene, and the 1-methyl-4-siloxy-2-cyclopent
ene-1-ol, respectively, in a high selectivity.