NMR was straightforward. Vinyl signals at 6 5.77 along with the shifting of aromatic signals at 6 6.68 and the appearance of coupled aliphatic protons clearly indicated formation of spiroundecatrienone 6a. A 272 mass unit parent ion peak and conjugated carbonyl stretching frequency at 1635 cm-'confirmed the structure. Bromination and hydrogenation of spiroundecatrienone 6a to dibromo 8 and saturated spiro ketone 7, respectively, provided ...