Acetylides from Alkynes, And Substitution Reactions of Acetylides
Deprotonation of Alkynes And Substitution Reactions (SN2) Of Acetylides Are The Two Most Important Reactions Of Alkynes With the series of posts on alkenes in
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Partial Reduction of Alkynes To Obtain Cis or Trans Alkenes
Alkynes to Alkenes via Partial Reduction With Lindlar’s Catalyst and Na/NH3 Alkynes bear many similarities to alkenes, but as we have already seen, their chemistry
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Hydroboration of Alkynes and Oxymercuration of Alkynes Via Keto-Enol Tautomerism Alkyne chemistry bears many resemblances to alkene chemistry, but in these first few posts on
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Alkyne Hydrohalogenation – Addition of HX To Alkynes – HCl, HBr, and HI In the previous three posts on alkynes we’ve introduced some new reactions
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Halogenation of Alkynes With Cl2, Br2, and I2 Last time we discussed the similarities (and differences) between the carbocation pathway for alkenes and alkynes. In
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Alkyne Reaction Mechanisms That Pass Through A “Concerted” Pathway – Cyclopropanation, Hydrogenation, Hydroboration How does the chemistry of alkynes compare to alkenes? As we’ve seen
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Formation of Alkynes Via Double Elimination Of Halides We’ve gone through elimination reactions before – treatment of alkyl halides with base gives alkenes. Today we’ll
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Alkynes: The Gateway To Organic Synthesis Now that we’ve gone through all the major reactions of alkynes, we can take a step back and look
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A Reaction Map For Alkynes (PDF) Today, we’re going to add the reactions of alkynes to our reaction map, which will bring to a close
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