Efficient preparation of polyunsaturated and functionalized acetylenic ketones from alkynylmanganese bromides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0030-1258329

α, β-Acetylenic ketones are efficiently prepared, under mild conditions, by reacting alkynylmanganese compounds with acyl chlorides. The procedure is especially useful for preparing polyfunctionalized and polyunsaturated α, β-acetylenic ketones.