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The 3-hydroxy-3-alkylated acetylenic compounds of this invention are prepared by employing the appropriately alkylated alkynyl boron, alkynyl gallium or alkynyl aluminum reactant. For example, treatment of methyl 3-hydroxy-5-oxocyclopent-1-eneheptanoate with tri(3methyl-3-[tetrahydropyran-2-yl]oxy-1-octynyl) aluminum, gallium or boron affords the epimeric methyl 3-hydroxy-2-(3-methyl-3-[tetrahydropyran-2-yl]oxy-1-octynyl)-5-oxocyclopentaneheptanoate. Typically, that compound may be hydrolyzed with a hydrolyzing agent such as hydrolytic acid, e.g. aqueous acetic acid, to yield the instant methyl 3-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-octynyl)-5-oxocyclopentaneheptanoate.