SummaryThe cyclopentenecarbaldehyde la, acetals 2 a, 2 b and the cyclopentenone 2 c have been transformed through regio and stereocontrolled reactions into a variety of enantiomerically pure substituted cyclopentanes. Using appropriately selected Wittig reagents, aldehyde l a furnished the condensation products 3, 4, 5. Michael addition of diethyl malonate on the a,p-unsaturated aldehyde l a under phasetransfer conditions led efficiently to 7. Reduction of the cyclopentenone 2 c gave 21 in high yield. The cyclopentenes 2a, 2b and 23, submitted to hydroborationoxidation furnished the cyclopentanols 10,13 and 24, respectively, in 30, 70 and 50% yields, reflecting the substitution pattern of the starting alkenes. The salient feature of these reactions is the stereospecificity due to the chiral centre of the molecules la, 2 a , 2b and 2c, leading to compounds with two, three and four asymmetric centres. The straightforward synthesis of 1 la-hydroxy-13-oxaprostanoic acid 20 is described and an approach towards the preparation of 9 a , 1 la-dihydroxy-13-oxaprostanoic acid 34 is also presented. The structure of these products has been determined by 'H-and 13C-NMR spectroscopy.Introduction. -Un effort considkrable a ttC dkploye durant les dix dernieres annees pour la preparation d'analogues de prostaglandines plus stables et a activite plus specifique que les composks naturels [ 11. Cependant, si la plupart des synthhes rkaliskes utilisent des resolutions [2] ou des transformations enzymatiques [3], une des mkthodes de choix pour la synthese de composks knantiomkriquement purs est l'emploi d'un produit de depart nature1 chiral [4]. Nous avons rkcemment decrit [5] la synthese de cyclopentenes chiraux du type I et 11, partir de l'acide D ( -) -quinique et decrivons, dans ce memoire, quelques-unes de leurs transformations ainsi que leur utilisation pour la synthese d'analogues oxa-13 de l'acide