Propargylic acetates reaction with oxiranes

Terminal alkynes react with propargylic carbonates at room temperature to afford the alka-l, 2-dien-4-yne 14 (allenylalkyne) in good yield with catalysis by Pd(0) and Cul[5], The reaction can be explained by the transmetallation of the (7-allenylpailadium methoxide 4 with copper acetylides to form the allenyKalk-ynyl)palladium 13, which undergoes reductive elimination to form the allenyl alkyne 14. In addition to propargylic carbonates, propargylic chlorides and acetates (in the presence of ZnCb) also react with terminal alkynes to afford allenylalkynes[6], Allenylalkynes are prepared by the reaction of the alkynyl-oxiranes 15 with zinc acetylides[7]. 

Various metal acetylides are used for smooth coupling with propargylic halides and acetates. 2,3-Alkadien-5-yn-l -ols are obtained by the reaction of 2-(l -alkynyl)oxiranes [28,29], As a synthetic application, the unstable 2,3-octadiene-5,7-diyn-l-ol (136), a fungus metabolite, has been synthesized by the coupling of 4-trimethylsilylbutadiy-nylzinc chloride (134) with 2-ethynyloxirane (135) followed by desilylation [31]. 

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