Samarium diiodide catalyzes a one pot procedure allowing to perform se
quentially the Mukaiyama-Michael addition of a ketene silyl acetal on
a cyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone, followed by a Mukaiyama aldol
reaction of an aldehyde. The adducts are isolated as silyl ethers in g
ood yields and in most cases with high diastereoselectivity. (C) 1998
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