... Al- though it was realized that the configuration of XX presented opportunity for the operation of the Stoermer aldehyde synthesis with formation of either a P-formylpropionic ester or an unsatu- rated butenolide, l 6 it was hoped that conditions might be found whereby the tertiary hydroxyl group in XX might be eliminated in such a fashion ... (18) Nystrom and Brown, THIS JOURNAL, 69, 1197 ... 1338 KOBERT C. ELDERFIELD, BURNETT M. PITT AND IRIS WEMPEN ...