The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of photopolymerizable long-chain conjugated diacetylenic acids and alcohols from butadiyne synthons

Z Xu, HS Byun, R Bittman

Index: Xu, Zhenchun; Byun, Hoe-Sup; Bittman, Robert Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 56, # 25 p. 7183 - 7186

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

-CHJ (CHZ) C= CC= C (CH~), COZH a-alkynoic acids with terminal alkyne^.^ This acetylenic- coupling reaction has also been used to prepare long-chain conjugated (enyne4 and diyne5) alcohols 2. Disadvantages of this method of preparation of 1 and 2 are as follows:(a) higher w-alkynoic acids are obtained in low yields (generally< 50%), 2J (b) preparation of 1- haloalkynes is required in the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz reaction, and (c) unsymmetrical w- ...