Further Information
Literature
Related Reactions
Eglinton Reaction
Glaser Coupling
Synthesis of 1,3-Diynes
Cadiot-Chodkiewicz Coupling

The copper(I)-catalyzed coupling of a terminal alkyne and an alkynyl halide offers access to unsymmetrical bisacetylenes.
Mechanism of the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz Coupling

Recent Literature

Bulky Trialkylsilyl Acetylenes in the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz Cross-Coupling
Reaction
J. P. Marino, H. N. Nguyen, J. Org. Chem., 2002, 67, 6841-6844.

End-Cap Stabilized Oligoynes: Model Compounds for the Linear sp Carbon
Allotrope Carbyne
T. Gibtner, F. Hampel, J.-P.Gisselbrecht, A. Hirsch, Chem. Eur. J.,
2002, 68, 408-432.
