“…Relatively simple structural variations for which syntheses are described include compounds with bulky substituent groups at C-4, e.g. 4-butylretinal (2Ol),lo3 the acetylenic 7,8-didehydroretinal (207) and its 5-demethyl-and 1,1,5-tridemethyl-analogues [( 208) and (2O9)],lo4 and the 1,1,5tridemethyl-( 202),'05 5-demethyl-, 9-demethyl-, 13-demethyl-, and 9,13-didemethyl-retinals ( 203)- (206). O6 A new method for addition of deprotonated ketimines (210) to aldehydes and ketones has been used to prepare the methyl-substituted intermediates (21 1) and ( 212) from p-ionone and P-ionylideneacetaldehyde.…”