A method of alkyl 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketones preparation from acyl halides and 1,2-dichloroethylene was developed. The configurational equilibrium and electronic structure of alkyl 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketones was investigated by IR, 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopy, by measuring dipole moments, and by quantum-chemical calculations using methods RHF and B3LYP in the basis 6-311++ G (d,p). Alkyl 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketones are stable in the Z,s-cis-configuration where the olefin proton is involved into an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the oxygen of the carbonyl group. Reaction of 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketones with alkylhydrazines afforded 1-alkyl-3-alkyl-4-chloropyrazoles. The reaction of alkyl 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketones with 1,1-dimethylhydrazine involved dehydrochlorination and afforded 1,1-dimethylhydrazinium hydrochloride and a mixture of compounds with uncertain structure. B +&O $ON&2&&O &+&O ,9 B 9, , B ,,,Under conditions used in the synthesis of dichloromethyl 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketone [3] but applying the commercially produced mixture of cis-and trans-1,2dichloroethenes methyl and propyl 1,2-dichlorovinyl ketones were obtained in the yield not exceeding 24%. Alk = Me (I, IV), Et (II, V), Pr (III, VI).