Abstract 3-Aryl-1-phenyl-2-propen-1-ones Ia-h and 1-aryl-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ones Ii- ℓreacted with ethyl β-methoxy-crotonate (II) in the presence of sodium hydride in dry THF at 0 for 10 hours to give the corresponding 6-aroyl-5-aryl-3-methoxy-2-cyclohexen-1-ones III. The structures of the products were confirmed by ir, pmr, 13 C nmr and uv spectroscopy.