The O-silylated dienolates of a,b-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes can be thiophosphorylated using O,O-dialkyl chlorothiophosphonates and O,O-dialkyl bromodithiophosphonates to give a new class of compounds thio-and dithiophosphates 1-4 in high yield.Recently, we have reported a methodology 1 for the stereoselective synthesis of various Z-alkenes based on intermediate S-(b-oxoalkyl) thiophosphates 2 and Se-(boxoalkyl) selenophosphates 3 (Scheme 1).Exploring the scope of our approach further we decided to extend it to intermediates thio-1-2 and dithiophosphates 3-4 containing an a,b-unsaturated carbonyl moiety. As we already knew, compounds 1-4 are of considerable interest due to their value as synthetic intermediates in the preparation of substituted vinylthiiranes 4 and diversely substituted buta-1,3-dienes including 2-cyanobuta-1,3-dienes 4 as well as (Z)-1,2-diheterosubstituted 1,3-dienes containing an alkylthio (acylthio, dialkoxyphosphorylthio) substituent in position 1 and a dialkoxyphosphoryloxy substituent in position 2. 5,6 In this paper we report a general and efficient synthesis of previously unknown thiophosphates 1-2 and dithiophosphates 3-4. These compounds have been prepared in a two step procedure from the appropriate a,b-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in high yield. The corresponding ketones 5 and aldehydes 6 are converted into O-silylated dienolates 7 and 8 using trimethylsilyl chloride in the Table 1 Thiophosphates 1 and Dithiophosphates 3 from a, b-Unsaturated Ketones a Yields have not been optimized and refer to analytically pure compounds. b mixture of (E) and (Z) isomers 75:25. c main isomer . d isophorone ring.