A Al ll l e en nq qu ui ir ri ie es s a an nd d m ma an nu us sc cr ri ip pt ts s s sh ho ou ul ld d b be e d di ir re ec ct te ed d t to o: :publishing research papers from all fields of chemical science, including synthesis, structure, new materials, macromolecules, supramolecular chemistry, biological chemistry, nanotechnology, surface chemistry, and analytical techniques. 2 F 5 ) can be synthesized conveniently by cyclodehydration of 1-(2-carboxyphenyl)-3-polyfluoroalkylpropane-1,3-diones, obtained from o-acetylbenzoic acid and polyfluorinated esters, as a separable mixture of Z-and E-isomers. In solution, the Z-and E-isomers of 3-polyfluoroacylmethylenephthalides are interconvertable. For CD 3 CN and (CD 3 ) 2 SO solutions of 1-(2-carboxyphenyl)-3-polyfluoroalkylpropane-1,3-diones a ring-chain tautomerism is observed. The structures of the new compounds have been determined by heteronuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) experiments.