Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Condensation of enol ether 6 with methyl vinyl ketone led easily to ketoaldehyde 7 whose cyclisation afforded the azaspiranic enone 8, a key intermediate for the synthesis of the title alkaloids. ... We have now used this methodology to prepare amino 1,5-ketoaldehyde 7 from amino silyl enol ...