“…If the non-enohzing ketones 6 are reacted with the A Do phospha-alleneylides 7 [5] at low temperature in diethyl Electron-rich allenes, such as tetrakis(dimethylamino )allene, and their electron-deficient counterparts, such as the tetraethyl-ester of allene tetracarboxylic acid, react with electrophiles and nucleophiles, respectively, at the central carbon atom (C-2) [I] .Ambiphilic carbenes such as chloro(methoxycarbene) show electrophilic and nucleophilic selectivity with electron-rich and electron-deficient olefins, respectively [2] . If, however, the donor substituent (Do) in an electrophilic carbene, 1, is replaced by a stabilized anion, and the acceptor substituent (A) by a stabilized cation, a dipolar carbene, 2, which can also be regarded as an allene 3, is obtained.…”