NOVEL CONVERSION OF A KETONE DIMETHYL DITHIOACETAL<i>S</i>,<i>S</i>-DIOXIDE TO THE CORRESPONDING KETONE AND ITS APPLICATION TO SYNTHESIS OF ACYCLIC AND CYCLIC KETONES
A ketone dimethyl dithioacetal S,S-dioxide was easily hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid in refluxing methanol and this transformation was applied to a new method for making acyclic and cyclicketones by the use of formaldehyde dimethyl dithioacetal S,S-dioxide.