B-Dialdehydes and their derivatives can be generally prepared by formylation of some aldehyde derivatives as described earIier1. In some cases, this method has some limitations because the preparation of the starting material requires several steps and the over-all yield is thus low. Some f3-dialdehyde derivatives have been obtained in this Laboratory also by the reaction of some I) egatively substituted carboxylic acids, eg, haloacetic acids and ...