It has been shown that in the electrolysis of 2-hydroxycyclohexane acetic acid, apart from the expected diol and hept-6-enal (the product expected on the basis of Corey`s [1] work), two other products namely 2-methylcyclo-hexanone and kept-6-enol, are also formed. Thus it appears that the reaction described by Corey is in fact more complicated than has been previously realized.