Reaction of 3-carboethoxyfuran (4) with hexafluorobut-2-yne (5) (1:2 molar ratio) at room temperature in dichloromethane afforded the Diels-Alder 1:1 adduct (3) (7%) and three 2:1 adducts formed by further addition of the furan 4 across the least substituted double bond of 1:1 adduct 3, i.e. the exo,endo- (8a) (39.5%), exo,exo- (9a) (24%) and exo,exo- (10a) (24%) isomers in which the two CO(2)Et groups are 1,4, 1,4 and 1,3 to each other, respectively. A mixture of furan 4 and the 1:1 adduct 3, heated at 50 degrees C in dichloromethane, gave the 2:1 adducts 8a (38%), 9a (25%) and 10a (28%). A comparison reaction of furan 4 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) (6) at 80 degrees C yielded the corresponding 2:1 adducts gb (33%), 9b (14%) and 10b (30%); reaction did not occur at room temperature. A mixture of cycloheptatriene (7) and butyne 5 heated at 80 degrees C gave only the 1:1 adduct (13) (93%) of the isomeric norcaradiene (18) and butyne 5.