“…Compounds 2 were obtained in good yields without the formation of any side products arising from Michael-type additions onto the C=C bond of the pyrone moiety or dehydration of the starting chromanones 1 to 2-(polyfluoroalkyl)chromones. However, in marked contrast to the 3-formyl-and 3-acetylchromones, [2][3][4][5] the chromones obtained in this work were prone to facile and reversible covalent hydrate formation as observed from their 1 H and 19 F NMR spectra, which contained two sets of signals. The diagnostic signal for H-2 in chromones 2, which appeared at 8.5-8.7 ppm, was shifted upfield in hydrates 3 (8.3-8.4 ppm).…”