Enantioselective synthesis through the use of chiral allenes has attracted much attention because of their capability to transfer their axial chirality to one or more new stereogenic centers.[1] A well-established approach to enantiomerically enriched allenes relies on the S N 2' substitution of homochiral propargylic derivatives with organocuprates. [2] We became interested in developing new methodologies for the synthesis of chiral, nonracemic allenes based on the enantioselective Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley-type reduction of acylsilanes by chiral lithium amide that was developed by us.[3] We envisaged that if alkynoylsilane 1 could be enantioselectively reduced by 2, [4] the resulting a-silyl alkoxide 3 would provide optically active siloxyallene derivatives through a Brook rearrangement; [5] subsequent S E 2' electrophilic substitutions [6] of the silicate intermediate 4, would result in the enantioselective preparation of 1-unsubstituted siloxyallenes 5 or ent-5 depending on the mode of the S E 2 process (Scheme 1). We previously reported that the Brook rearrangement mediated S E 2 protonation of allylsilanes having an oxygen substituent on the stereogenic center proceeds in an anti fashion. [7] The synthesis of racemic siloxyallenes by a Brook rearrangement was originally reported independently by the Kuwajima [8] and Reich [9] groups. They generated a-hydroxypropargylsilane, a precursor for the Brook rearrangement, by reactions of acylsilanes with lithium acetylides. Scheidt et al. recently reported the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched siloxyallenes by the treatment of a-hydroxypropargylsilane, which was obtained by a catalytic asymmetric addition of acetylide to acylsilane, with a catalytic amount of nBuLi.[10] Consequently, their methods are limited to the synthesis of 1-alkyl-substituted siloxyallene derivatives.We report here some preliminary results for the enantioselective synthesis of 1-unsubstituted 1-siloxyallenes and their trapping by [4+2] cycloaddition.When 1 a was treated with 2 at À80 8C in toluene for 30 min followed by addition of tBuOH (1.2 equiv) in THF and then warming to À20 8C, siloxyallene (+)-6 a [11] was obtained in 52 % yield and with e.r. 95:5 together with 7 a (32 %; Table 1, entry 1). [12,13] The selectivity was markedly improved by a change in the substituent X to a 3-phenylpropyl group and the allene derivative (+)-6 b was obtained in 86 % yield (Table 1, entry 2). Our initial choice of 1 a as a substrate was based on the assumed stabilization of the allene structure owing to the a-anion-stabilizing nature of the silyl group. The results showing that the less bulky alkyl derivative 1 b Scheme 1. Tandem process for the enantioselective formation of siloxyallenes. El = electrophile.