tosylacetylene

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tosyl +‎ acetylene

Noun[edit]

tosylacetylene (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Ethynyl p-tolyl sulfone, C9H8O2S, used as a reagent in a wide variety of applications.
    • 2007, M. Green, Organometallic Chemistry, volume 31, page 222:
      This is regioselectively trapped in situ by the tosylacetylene 87 via one of two mechanisms to generate 88 or 89.
    • 2012, V. Nenajdenko, Isocyanide Chemistry: Applications in Synthesis and Material Science:
      […] accomplished via the Diels–Alder reaction of tosylacetylene with butadiene […]
    • 2014, Johann Mulzer, Science of Synthesis, page 370:
      The addition of a thiol to tosylacetylene affords the corresponding tosylvinyl sulfide as a mixture of Z-and E-isomers (4:1) in excellent yields.
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