Abstract
When hex‐3‐yne‐2,5‐dione (2) was reacted with either methoxyamine or 1,1‐dimethylhydrazine, the 1,4‐addition products 4 and 7 were isolated in yields of 89% and 48% respectively.
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Acknowledgments
We are grateful to the Garden State Fellowship Commission and the J. L. R. Morgan Fellowship Fund for financial support. We thank Richard Beveridge for the 13C NMR spectrum.