Hydration and dehydration reactions of cluster-bound propargyl alcohols

4 Hydration and dehydration reactions of cluster-bound propargyl alcohols 

Propargyl alcohol, HC2CCH2OH is an important intermediate in the synthesis of 1,4-butandiol, furan, and THF from acetylene (Fig. 15). HC2CMe2(OH) is used in the synthesis of aryl- and diaryl-acetylenes or of carbamates. Dehydration-hydration reactions of cluster-bound propargyl alcohols will be discussed in this section, after a short glance at their behavior on mono- and binuclear complexes. 

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