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Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate- Accelerated Addition Of Catalytically Generated Zinc Acetylides To Aldehydes, C. Wade Downey, Brian D. Mahoney, Vincent R. Lipari
Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate- Accelerated Addition Of Catalytically Generated Zinc Acetylides To Aldehydes, C. Wade Downey, Brian D. Mahoney, Vincent R. Lipari
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In the presence of TMSOTf, a wide variety of terminal acetylenes add rapidly and efficiently to aldehydes via a catalytically generated zinc acetylide. In the absence of TMSOTf, no reaction is observed under otherwise identical conditions.