Ethylene derivatives methanesulfonic acid

Tri(cyclopentyl)borane in diglyme added at 0° to Li-n-hexylacetylide under hexane, the volatile solvent removed, methyl tosylate added at -78°, the cooling bath removed, warmed 2 hrs. at 40°, then oxidized with alkaline H2O2 -> product. Y 88%. F. e., also with other alkylating agents such as bromides, sulfates, or oxonium salts, protonation with methanesulfonic acid, and synthesis of mixtures of cis- and trans-ethylene derivs., s. A. Pelter, C. R. Harrison, and D. Kirkpatrick, Chem. Commun. 1973, 544. 

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