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Sakurai allylation of menthyl enoates 5a-c afforded adducts 7a-c with low t
o excellent facial selectivity, depending on the Lewis acid employed to pro
mote this 1,4-nucleophilic addition of allyltrimethylsilane. A chelated mod
el was assumed to explain the observed diastereoselectivity.