Abstract The reaction of haloketene and phenylketene with various chalcones and the chemistry of some of the reaction products have beeninvestigated. The formation of cyclobutanone was taken as an indication that the reaction proceeds by an[2+2] cycloaddition inconcerted mechanism. These all reactions create new opportunities to utilize the unique structures and high reactivity of ketenes for evengreater progress in the future [avf_view name="Article Addons" view-id="66d98451c48e3"]