“…The experimental conditions used in solution for the vinyltributyltin derivatives can in general be extrapolated to supported analogues, resulting in similar yields, but with the advantage of minimizing pollution of final products by tin residues [9][10][11]. With supported crotyltins we have already observed a slower 1,3-metallotropy when compared to crotyltributyltin [25], and in the case of a-substituted c-ethoxyallyltins, their poor ability to give a 1,3-metallotropy due to the stabilization occurring in the Z-isomer, possibly because of coordination expansion of the tin atom by an oxygen one, results in a regioselective reaction affording the mono-protected a-glycols.…”