The development of sequential, asymmetric transformations can provide rapid access to novel molecules with a high degree of skeletal and stereochemical diversity.[1] However, efficient control of the regio-and stereoselectivity during each step remains a significant challenge. [2] In this regard, stereochemically well-defined building blocks obtained from our organosilane-based enantioselective crotylation methodology [3] have been successfully employed for the preparation of libraries of complex molecules. [4] We anticipated that the sequential use of the organosilane methodology with the rhodium(II)-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation [5] would produce stereochemically well-defined cyclopentene compounds with unprecedented structural complexity. In the context of diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS), [6,7] these materials would in turn retain additional reaction sites for "functional-group pairing" [8] to enable further enhancement in the complexity of the polycyclic frameworks (Scheme 1).The decomposition of unbranched vinyl diazoesters in the presence of a rhodium catalyst and an appropriate olefin donor has been extensively explored.[9] However, reports of the use of more complex diazoesters that have branching at the positions a and b to the vinyl group are less common.[4c] In this context, we envisioned that organosilane-based crotylation products would be ideally suited for the synthesis of complex diazoesters, and could thus potentially expand the scope of asymmetric transformations that utilize vinyl diazoester intermediates. Accordingly, our study was initiated with a three-component enantioselective crotylation [3] using silanes (R)-1 and (S)-1, and a subsequent diazotization to afford complex a-diazoesters 2 in high stereoselectivity. Both bromoaryl (2 a, 2 b; Scheme 2 ) and allyl ether functionalities (2 c, 2 d), both of which are necessary for further ring construction at a later stage, were readily introduced using this methodology.With the complex vinyl diazoester building blocks 2 available in useful amounts, the asymmetric synthesis of vinyl cyclopropanes was conducted using the cyclic vinyl ethers 2,3-dihydrofuran and 2,3-dihydropyran (Table 1). The reactions generally proceeded in good yields, and the diastereoselectivity was dependent on the structure of the carbenoid and the configuration of the metal catalyst. Unsurprisingly, the cyclopropanations exhibited varying levels of selectivity, which resulted from the combination of the chiral rhodium catalyst and diastereomeric a-diazoester. For instance, vinyl diazoester 2 a, which is derived from silane (R)-1, exhibited good diastereoselectivity with [Rh 2 {(S)-dosp} 4 ], but low selectivity with [Rh 2 {(R)-dosp} 4 ] ( Table 1, entries 1 and 3). In contrast, Scheme 1. Skeletal and stereochemical variation by sequential asymmetric transformations. L.A. = Lewis acid.