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Cadiot-Chodkiewicz couplings of arylacetylenes (I), XC6H4CCH (X = H; m-Br, -Me; p-F, -NO2, -OMe) with bromoethynyl(triethyl)silane(II), BrCCSiEt3, yield the silylated diynes, XC6H4(CC)2SiEt3, from which the terminal diynes(III), XC6H4CC)2H, are quantitatively liberated by treatment with aqueous methanolic alkali. Reactions of II with III in turn yield the silylated triynes, XC4H4CC)3SiEt3, which, with alkali, give the free arylhexatriynes, XC6H4(CC)3H(IV). The germanium analogue of II, BrCCGeEt3, likewise couples with I (X = H, p-NO2) to give XC6H4(CC)2GeEt3 or with III to give XC6H4(CC)3GeEt3. The products (X = H) are identical with those obtained from the Grignard reagents, C6H5(CC)nMgBr (n = 2, 3), and bromotriethylgermane. Other XC6H4(CC)nGeEt3 compounds (n = 2,3; excluding X = NO2) were also prepared by the Grignard method. Couplings between phenylacetylene and the reagents, BrCCSiMe3(V), and ICCSiR3 (R = Me, Et) give the appropriate silylated phenylbutadiynes in poor yield because of symmetrical oxidative coupling (iodo compounds) or of base-sensitivity of the trimethylsilyl-acetylene bonds. |