J. Pulkkinen et al., A GENERAL-ROUTE TO 3-UNSUBSTITUTED 1,5-DIARYL-2,4-PENTANEDIONES AND 1,5-DIARYL-4-METHOXY-2-PENTANONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(52), 1994, pp. 9749-9750
2-Isoxazolines are converted to corresponding 3-hydroxyketones which a
re used as precusors to produce new 3-unsubstituted 1,5-diaryl-2,4-pen
tanediones and -4-methoxy-2-pentanones.