“…Fluorinated 1,3-dicarbonyls are of special importance in this context: their versatility, high reactivity and preparative availability make them often the starting compounds of choice [3 -5]. At the same time, fluorinated 1,3-dicarbonyl enolates (salts or complexes) [4 -7] give frequently better results, when compared to the related 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and are as a rule more convenient in handling [5,6,8]. In this paper we report the synthesis and several striking synthetic applications of metal derivatives of cyclic fluorinated 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds which were collected in our groups during studies in this field [9 -14].…”