Abstract: Irradiation of alkynone 4 with tetramethylethylene (2) in wet benzene furnishes in high yield the simple cyclopropenol lla. Thermolysis of lla gives the conjugated allenic ketone 5 with loss of C3H6; treatment of lla with sodium hydride leads to 19, and on standing in inert solvent at room temperature lla ejects acetone. In contrast the related alkynone 7 adds 2 photochemically to yield 25, which rearranges at 75 'C to 8. In explanation of the ...