A number of intramolecular anodic olefin coupling reactions have been examined in order to determine the feasibility of using a sequential electrochemical oxidation-aldol condensation approach for constructing polycyclic enones. Initially, substrates comprised of an aldehyde enol ether tethered to a ketone enol ether were examined. In a model study, it was shown that such a substrate could lead to a successful electrochemical oxidation-aldol ...
