ChemSusChem

Acid??Catalyzed Hydration of Alkynes in Aqueous Microemulsions

Z Nairoukh, D Avnir, J Blum

Index: Nairoukh, Zackaria; Avnir, David; Blum, Jochanan ChemSusChem, 2013 , vol. 6, # 3 p. 430 - 432

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Abstract

The hydration of alkynes was reported for the first time in 1860 [1] and is widely applied in industrially important processes. However, the methods currently used for this hydration still suffer from substantial shortcomings.[2] The process, which relies on interactions between acetylenes and Lewis or Brønsted acids, requires high temperatures [3] and often leads to low yields and unwanted polymers.[4–6] A dramatic improvement of yields was achieved ...