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Direct Exploitation of the Ethynyl Moiety in Calcium Carbide Through Sealed Ball Milling
Hosseini, Abolfazl,Schreiner, Peter R.
, p. 4339 - 4346 (2020)
Ball milling of calcium carbide (CaC2) enables the reaction of its ethynyl moiety with organic electrophiles. This was realized simply by co-milling CaC2 with organic substrates in a sealed jar without the need for an additive or a catalyst. Various ketones including those bearing α-hydrogens were ethynylated in good yields at short reaction times. Aryl halides are also amenable substrates for this protocol as they furnish aryl ethynes through a benzyne intermediate. This method offers a practical and cheap alternative to the established procedures for introducing ethynyl functionalities.
