%0 journal article %@ 0039-7911 %A Schroeter, M. %D 2005 %J Synthetic Communications %N %P 2203-2212 %R doi:10.1080/00397910500182622 %T Variable Synthesis of Alcohols and Ketones Using the Grignard Method as a Form of MPVO Reaction %U https://doi.org/10.1080/00397910500182622 %X The unexpected occurrence of ketones 9 and 16 in addition to expected alcohols 5 and 15 in the synthesis of sesquiterpenes salsolenketone 1 and salsolene,oxide 2 during Grignard reactions of the corresponding aldehydes with bromoalkenes under air- and water-free conditions by the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley–Oppenauer,reaction is reported. The product distribution could be influenced by the amounts of aldehyde used.