Selective and efficient access to ortho, meta and para ring-substituted phenylacetylene derivatives R-[C≡C-C6H4](x)-Y (Y:H, NO2, CN, I, NH2)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00451-1

ortho, meta and para isomers of iodo and amino ring-substituted phenylacetylene as well as rod-like arylacetylene derivatives were prepared by a simple synthetic route involving three consecutive reactions: the palladium-catalysed carbon-carbon bond forma