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-039Cleavage of Cyclopropyl Ketones Mediated by Alkylmercury(II) Hydrides.-Several hydrazones, derived from their corresponding cyclopropyl ketones, give under treatment with Hg(OAc) 2 and HgO and subsequent addition of aqueous NaBH 4 enol acetates derived from cyclopropane ring opening. In the case of steroidal hydrazones (II) and (VI), this ring opening is accompanied by ring enlargement of the cyclopentane ring. The confirmation of the structure and the stereochemistry of the products is performed by comparison of the TLC and NMR data of hydrolyzed enol acetates with those of authentic samples of the formed ketones. -(DI CHENNA, PABLO H.; FERRARA, ANDRES; GHINI, ALBERTO A.; BURTON, GER-ARDO;