TpMo(CO) 2 (5-oxo-η 3 -pyranyl) and TpMo(CO) 2 (5-oxo-η 3 -pyridinyl) complexes 1 and 2 (Scheme 1, Tp = hydridotrispyrazolylborate) and their progeny have been developed as organometallic enantiomeric scaffolds for the asymmetric construction of a wide variety of heterocyclic systems. 1 Readily available and easily synthesized, 2 single enantiomers of these simple air-stable organometallic π-complexes function as scaffolds from which widely differing families of complex organic structures can be elaborated in an enantiospecific fashion. The organometallic nature of these enantiomeric scaffolds provides opportunities to implement conceptually unique synthetic design strategies. Herein is described one such strategy: a new molybdenum-mediated semipinacol rearrangement delivering α-quaternary pyranyl and pyridinyl systems that, when coupled sequentially with a molybdenum-mediated intramolecular 1,5-"Michael-like" reaction of 5-oxopyridinyl molybdenum complexes, 1m can provide a novel enantiocontrolled entry to heteroatom-bridged [3.3.1]bicyclic systems bearing quaternary centers 3,4,5 adjacent to the ring heteroatom (Scheme 1). The concept is highlighted via a synthesis of the azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane natural product, (-)-adaline. 6 Adaline possesses the 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane skeleton common to several insect-and plant-derived alkaloids, including pseudopelletierine, 7 (+)-euphococcinine, 8 and porantherine. 9 This structure is a higher homolog of the medicinally-important tropane skeleton. A number of racemic 10 and enantiospecific syntheses 11 of adaline have been reported. The molybdenum scaffold-based synthesis of heteroatom-bridged [3.3.1]bicyclics bearing ring junction quaternary centers suggested in Scheme 1 first requires the stereocontrolled construction of α-quaternary 5-oxopyranyl and 5-oxopyridinyl molybdenum complexes. This was accomplished through the agency of the molybdenum-mediated semipinacol reaction shown in Table 1. The requisite semipinacol precursors 5-12 were prepared from 5-oxopyranyl scaffold 1 and 5-oxopyridinyl scaffold 2 (both readily available in racemic and high enantiopurity forms on multigram scale in 2-3 isolation steps from furfuryl alcohol and furfuryl amine, respectively 2 ) by conversion of 1 and 2 into the corresponding 6-alkylidene-5-oxo complexes 3 and 4 via a Mukaiyama aldol-dehydration reaction sequence. 12 Specific data points for both the pyranyl and pyridinyl series scaffolds are provided in Table 1 Selective 1,2-addition of Grignard reagents to the enones 3 and 4 took place anti to the TpMo (CO) 2 moiety in good to excellent yields, except with the more hindered i-Pr and t-Bu reagents. Treatment of adducts 5-12 with HCl in dioxane induced a rapid and stereospecific semipinacol reaction for those R 2 substituents with good migratory aptitudes such as allyl, phenyl, vinyl, and t-Bu, but not for R 2 = Me or i-Pr. The geometry of the alkylidene residue influenced the outcome of the semipinacol reaction for the pyridinyl series scaffolds, but not for the pyranyl scaffold...