Volatile hexafluoroacetylacetonates of hafnium, ytterbium, scandium, as well as scandium trifluoroacetylacetonate and acetylacetonate have been obtained by interaction of -diketone vapours with radionuclides formed in a cyclotron in on-line operation. The application of volatile
-diketonates for transport and separation of the short-life isotopes of metallic elements has been shown.