Upon treatment with t BuOK/H2O, a variety of omega-halo-beta-keto-ketals undergo smooth cyclisation, affording in excellent yields mono-protected [n,m] spiro bicyclic diketones. This transformation is highly stereoselective producing, in all cases, the diastereoisomerically pure spiro derivatives. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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