Dimethyl-and diphenylsilylene add stereospecifically to cis-and trons-2-butene to give the corresponding siliranes. Easy additions to cyclopentene and cyclohexene indicate that the cycloadditions are cis. Opening of the siliranes by methanol also occurs in stereospecifically cis fashion.
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