The Lewis acid promoted addition of functionalized allylstannanes A9, C10, and C11 to a variety of conjugated aldehydes was examined as a possible route to acyclic precursors of macrocyclic diterpenoids. Additions to crotonaldehyde proceeded as expected, giving the erythro adduct 1 with BF, catalysis and the threo adduct 2 with a premixed TiCI,-stannane complex at-78" C. Attempted additions of allylstannanes to the &substituted ...