However, most of these preparations are essentially restricted to the obtention of cyclic α-chloroenones, and in some cases among the scarce preparations published of non-cyclic α-chloroenones, a mixture of different compounds or diastereoisomers are isolated, whilst in others the α-chloroenones are obtained in poor yields. Moreover, few of these methods are inexpensive, convenient, and use commercial reagents. ... In connection with our interest ...