Abstract Recent interest in γ-alkylation of α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds1 has focused on the possibility of α'-alkylation of β-alkoxy α, β-unsaturated keto systems, 2 eg 1, hydride reduction of the products and acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the resultant alkoxyallyl alcohols. 3 Quite some time earlier the α'carbon had been shown to be the site of acylation of a β-alkoxy α, β-unsaturated ketone, ie 1→ 2 on formylation. 4 Since a reduction- ...
