It is shown in the present study that a novel method for carrying out the transposition of a carbonyl group to the y-position (1,l-transposition, n = 3) is successfully achievable by using anodic oxidation of dienol acetates as a key reaction. The whole reaction process is shown in Scheme I, in which the transformation of 2 and 6 is described in the present st ~ dy . ~ ? ~ The anodic acetoxylation or methoxylation of carbonyl compounds at the a-position has been shown in the pre- ...
