Reactions of five acyclic dihalogeno‐ and trihalogeno ketones, representing the α,α‐, α,α′‐, α,α,α‐ and α,α,α′‐di‐ and trihalogeno substitution pattern, with sodium 2,2,2‐trifluoroethoxide in 2,2,2‐trifluoroethanol (NaTFE/TFE) in the presence of furan were investigated with the aim of obtaining [4+3] cycloadducts of the corresponding oxyallyl intermediates. Preference of Favorskii rearrangement over cycloaddition was observed with dichloromethyl isobutyl ketone (1a) and 1,3‐dibromobutan‐2‐one (12) that formed mainly the trifluoroethyl esters of 3‐chloro‐2‐isopropylpropanoic acid (9a), and (Z)‐but‐2‐enoic acid (isocrotonic acid) (13), respectively. 9a was dehydrohalogenated to form trifluoroethyl 3‐isopropylacrylate (11a). [4+3] Cycloaddition was favored with the 1,1,3‐trihalogenobutan‐2‐ones 24 and 25, leading to 2,4‐dihalogenated 8‐oxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct‐6‐en‐3‐ones (26, 27) as a mixture of endo‐exo‐stereoisomers. With trichloromethyl isobutyl ketone (30) the isomeric 2,4‐dichloro‐substituted oxabicycles (34) were formed in lithium perchlorate/diethyl ether/furan/triethylamine, while in NaTFE/TFE solvolytic displacement of one chloro substituent occurred, providing 2‐chloro‐4‐trifluoroethoxy‐4‐isopropyl‐8‐oxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct‐6‐en‐3‐one (36). By analogy, 27 reacted with sodium methoxide/methanol to form the methoxy‐substituted oxabicycles 39a and 39b. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)