Introduction to Alkynes

If necessary, review the suggested sections to prepare for this chapter. 

Bronsted-Lowry Acidity (Sections 3.4, 3.5) Nucleophiles and Electrophiles (Section 6.7) 

Energy Diagrams (Sections 6.5, 6.6) Arrow Pushing (Sections 6.8-6.10) 

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The atomic orbitals used to form a triple bond. The u bond is formed from the overlap of two hybridized orbitals, while each of the two It bonds is formed from overlapping p orbitals. 

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We conclude this introduction to hydrocarbons by describing the orbital hybridization model of bonding m ethylene and acetylene parents of the alkene and alkyne families respectively... 

Introduction to Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) and 1-Alkyne Polymerization... 

P Volume 1,1991,283 pp. 109.50/ 69.50 ISBN 1-55938-180-9 CONTENTS Introduction to the Series An Editor s Foreword, Albert Padwa. Preface, Brian Halton. Strain in Organic Chemistry A Perspective, Brian Halton. Gem-Dihalocyclopropanes in Chemical Synthesis, Martin G. Banwell and Monica E. Re-um. 1-Halo- and 1, 2-Dihalocyclopropenes Useful Synthetic Intermediates, Mark S. Baird. Cyciization and Cycloaddition Reactions of Cyclopropenes, Albert Padwa and Glen E. Fryx-ell. New Synthetic Pathways From Cyclobutanones, Edward Lee-Ruff. Cyclic Alkynes, Enynes and Dienynes A Synthetic Challenge, Herbert Meier. Index. 

The next example is the pheromone of the pea-moth, and can be used to trap the insects (see the introduction to Chapter 24). After disconnecting the ester, FGI on the trans double bond gives an alkyne. 

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