1 -Propyn

To a solution of 0.40 mol of butyllithium in about 280 ml of hexane were added 280 ml of dry THF with cooling below -10°C. Subsequently 0.40 mol of 1,1-diethoxy--2-propyne (see Chapter V, Exp. 28) was introduced in 15 min at -30 to -10°C. To the solution obtained was then added in 15 min with cooling at about -15°C 0.40 mol of chloromethyl ethyl ether (note 2). After the addition stirring was continued for 1 h without cooling. The mixture was then shaken with concentrated ammonium chloride solution and the ethereal layer was separated off. The aqueous layer was extracted twice with diethyl ether. After drying the ethereal solutions over magnesium sulfate the diethyl ether was evaporated in a water-pump vacuum. 

Propyn-l-ol Alkali metals, mercury(II) sulfate, oxidizing materials, phosphorus pentoxide, sulfuric acid... 

Propargyl Alcohol. Propargyl alcohol [107-19-7] 2-propyn-l-ol, C H O, is the only commercially available acetylenic primary alcohol. A... 

Propargyl alcohol (2-propyn-l-ol) [107-19-7] M 56.1, b 54 /57mm, 113.6 /760mm, d 0.947, n 1.432. Commercial material contains a stabiliser. An aqueous soln of propargyl alcohol can be concentrated by azeotropic distn with butanol or butyl acetate. Dried with K2CO3 and distd under reduced pressure, in the presence of about 1% succinic acid, through a glass helices-packed column. 

Whereas the Rh2(OAc)4-catalyzed addition of diazoalkanes to propargyl alcohols readily gives the insertion of the carbene into the 0-H bond, with only a small amoimt of cyclopropenation of the resulting propargylic ether [54] the 2-diazopropane 59 reacts at 0 °C with l,l-diphenyl-2-propyn-l-ol 62a in dichloromethane and exclusively gives, after 10 h of reaction, only the adduct 63a isolated in 75% yield and corresponding to the regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the 2-diazopropane to the alkyne C - C bond (Scheme 15). 

Figure 6-11. 1 -H-Benzotriazole, 2,5-bis(N-pyridyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole, cyclohexylammonium benzoate, benzylsulfonylacetic acid, 2,4-diamino-6-mercapto pyrimidine, hydroxamic acid, 3-phenyl-2-propyn-1-ol, dicyclopentadiene dicarboxylic acid.

F. B. Growcock and V. R. Lopp. The inhibition of steel corrosion in hydrochloric acid with 3-phenyl-2-propyn-l-ol. Corrosion Sci, 28(4) 397-410,1988. 

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