Keywords: Rearrangements / Isomerizations / Ketones / Asymmetric catalysisPromoted by catalytic amounts of transition-metal complexes, the tertiary α-hydroxy ketones 1, 3, 5/6 undergo αketol rearrangements to afford equilibrium mixtures of isomers with a reorganization of the carbon skeleton. The range of metal complexes catalyzing the isomerizations is large; the best results were obtained with the catalyst systems NiCl 2 / TMEDA, Ni(acac) 2 , and Ni(acac) 2 /TMEDA (TMEDA = N,N,NЈ,. The catalytic rearrangements were performed at 130°C in the absence of solvent, with a Ni II /ligand/substrate ratio of 1:2:100. The equilibrium composition of the model system 1/2 is 12.5:87:5.