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With Mg in ether, generates allenylmagnesium bromide which can be coupled with a further molecule of propargyl bromide to give the bis-allene 1,2,4,5-hexatetraene: Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 485 (1990). Diels-Alder reaction of the product with Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, A11437 leads to a para-cyclophane.•
Barbier-type reaction with aldehydes in aqueous THF gives the secondary alcohols in moderate to good yields: Synth. Commun., 25, 2923 (1995); partial rearrangement to the allene could occur; cf Allyl bromide, A11766, for similar reactions. For reaction with aldehydes in the presence of Zn in THF, and transformation of the resulting secondary alcohols into pyruvate esters, see: J. Chem. Chem. Commun ., 1289 (1991).• For conversion to dimethyl-2-propynylsulfonium bromide and condensation with 2,4-pentanedione and other active methylene compounds in a versatile, high-yield synthesis of substituted furans, see: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 65 (1973); Org. Synth. Coll ., 6, 31 (1988).
• For diastereoselective propargylation of ɑ -alkoxy aldehydes and application in the synthesis of oxygenated acyclic natural products, see: J. Org. Chem., 60, 3257 (1995).