α,β-Epoxy-γ,δ-alkenyl)-tert-butyldimethylsilanes 1 display, a priori, three electrophilic centres and two acidic protons. Depending on the configurations of their oxirane rings, the title compounds react towards lithiated bases either through metallation or S N 2Ј reactions. In this paper we demonstrate that the trans-2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3-vinyloxiran 1a reacts regioselectively with primary, secondary and tertiary butyllithium in S N 2Ј fashion, which allows the formation of α-[a] Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, associé au CNRS, FR2769, Tour 44-54 2ème étage, B 229,