In the reactions of the enolates of various 2-piperidineacetates with iodom
ethane or trisyl azide, the anti isomer was always predominant over the syn
one, independent of the stereochemistry of the piperidineacetates. The pip
eridineacetates having OTBDMS moiety at C-5 proceeded more diastereoselecti
vely than the compounds without the substituent. The diastereoselectivity c
ould be explained by perpendicular model for the electrophilic substitution
reaction.