Abstract The ketene acetal I reacted with dibromocarbene yielding the dibromocyclopropanone ketal II, which was reduced to the monobromide III by treatment with tri-n-butyltin hydride. Reaction of III with n-butyllithium at− 78 C yielded the lithiated cyclopropanone ketal IV, which yielded adducts with acetone, cyclohexanone, cyclohexenone, 3, 3, 3-trimethoxybutan-2-one, 2-butanone, and 3-pentanone.