“…Some of the well-known methods available are the Birch reduction of substituted anisoles followed by hydrolysis [3,4], Michael-aldol condensations of ,-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with ketones followed by dehydration (i.e. Robinson type annelations) [5,6], and alkylations of enolizable 1,3-cyclohexadiones [7]. Recently, N-tert-butyl-1-aza-1,3-butadienes have been reacted with -diketones to furnish 2-cyclohexenones [8].…”