2042 NOTES [Vol. 35, No. 12 NOTES Synthesis of Pseudoionone audits Homologues Using the Wittig Reaction By Kazuyoshi Fujiwara, Hidetaka Takahashi and Masaki Ohta (Received May 1, 1962) Pseudoionone and its homologues are pre- pared by the condensation of citral with ketone in the presence of alkali ; in the case of un- symmetrical alkyl ketones, however, a mixture of isomers is produced. For example, ethyl methyl ketone gives a mixture of «- ...