SUMMARYThe cyclobutane compounds 2, 2, 4 or 5, which represent in position45 functionalized gibberellin derivatives, reacted with ' H 2 0 under mild alkaline conditions i n a retroaldol-like cleavage to give diacetyl[l 5-3H] gibberellin-A 7-aldehyde (6) and the isomeric compound 2.diacetyl-GA 7-aldehyde (1) was irradiated with UV-light in b e n~e n e /~H~O to form diacetyl [I5 ~x-~H] GA3-7-aldehyde (6a).
rellin-A3(€l).In respect of a second possibility of 15-tritiation, 3-
3-Oxidation and deacetylation of 6 afforded [15-3H] gibbe-