Two new enantioselective preparations of polyfunctional propargylic alcohols (82 to >96 % ee) have been developed. They were obtained by using the addition of functionalized dialkylzincs to acetylenic aldehydes in the presence of a 1:1 mixture of Ti(Oi-Pr)(4) and Ti(Ot-Bu)(4) and I as a catalyst. In a second method, dialkylzincs were added to alpha-bromo-alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes leading to allylic bromo-alcohols (84 to > 96 % ee) which were smoothly converted to propargylic alcohols by treatment with NaH in DMF (25 degrees C, 10 min).