An improved synthesis of (+)-3,4-O-isopropylidene butyne

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919508015500

(+)-3,4-O-isopropylidene butyne (1) has been prepared in 81% isolated yield from (+)-2,3-isopropylidene-D-glyceraldehyde (2) using a modified Corey-Fuchs procedure.

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An Improved Synthesis of
(+)-3,4-O-Isopropylidene
Butyne
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Biao Jiang & Philip Ma
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Chemical Process R & D, The Dupont Merck
Pharmaceutical Company, Chambers Works,
Deepwater, NJ, 08023-0999
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Biao Jiang & Philip Ma (1995): An Improved Synthesis of (+)-3,4-O-
Isopropylidene Butyne, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid
Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 25:22, 3641-3645
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