Reactions of 1-bromo-6-(2-hydroxyethoxy) cyclohexene (2) and its chloro analog 3 with potassium t-butoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide at 60–70° gave cyclohex-2-enone ethylene ketal (7) and cis-2, 5-dioxabicyclo [4.4. 0] dec-7-ene (8) as the major products. Under these conditions, 1-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1, 4-cyclohexadiene (13) is also converted to 7 and elimination products, benzene and ethylene glycol. Conversion of 13 to 7 was shown to ...