Addition of functionalized organolithium compounds to quinone monoketals furnished 4- hydroxy-2, 5-cyclohexadienone derivatives. The 4-hydroxyl group of these molecules was then transformed into a vinyl ether, and the thermal [1, 3]-shift chemistry of theae functionalbed vinyl ethers was studied. In dienone derivativea wherein a [3, 3]-aigmahpic shift was not stereoeledronically possible, theae molecules underwent thermal and ...