A study of the cycloaddition behavior of several arylsulfonyl substituted alkynes with 2- diazopropane has been carried out. These activated acetylenes react to give 3H-pyrazoles which extrude nitrogen on photolysis to produce cyclopropenes in high yield. Soft nucleophiles such as thiophenoxide readily add to the activated pi-bond to give thiophenyl substituted cyclopropanes. Reaction of 1-phenylsulfonyl-2, 3, 3-trimethylcyclopropene ...