A new strategy for the stereoselective synthesis of 1,2,4-triols has been developed. An alkyne tethered to a disilanyl group, upon treatment with palladium acetate and tert-alkyl isocyanide, furnished an exocyclic bis-silylated olefin. Subsequent hydrogenation took place from the less-hindered side of the ring producing cis-disubstituted oxasilolane. Oxidation of the two C-Si bonds of the hydrogenated oxasilolane led to the stereo- and regio-defined synthesis of 1,2,4-triol.