Summary Hexa- and penta-fluoroacetone effectively trap aryl-f used cyclopropenones either in the gas-phase or solution by means of a [3+ 21-cycloaddition reaction giving y-lactones. ... IN connection with research on the generation of five- membered heteroarynes (3) from the gas-phase thermolysis of the corresponding anhydrides (1),1 it was desirable to determine if, as has been proposed for phthalic anhydride,2 an aroyl species with the composition ...