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| 1 | Theoretical Studies on Acetylenic Scaffolds | 1 |
| 1.1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 1.2 | Linear Acetylenic Scaffolds | 2 |
| 1.2.1 | The Dicarbon Molecule and Acetylene | 2 |
| 1.2.2 | Uncapped pure sp Carbon Chains | 3 |
| 1.2.3 | Capped all-sp Oligoacetylenic Chains | 5 |
| 1.2.4 | Hybrid sp-sp2 Oligoacetylenic Molecules | 9 |
| 1.2.5 | Hybrid sp-sp3 Oligoacetylenic Molecules | 14 |
| 1.3 | Cyclic Acetylenic Scaffolds | 15 |
| 1.3.1 | Hybrid sp-sp3 Rings | 15 |
| 1.3.2 | Hybrid sp-sp2 Rings (Dehydroannulenes) | 20 |
| 1.3.3 | carbo-Heteroannulenes | 32 |
| 1.4 | Star-Shaped Acetylenic Scaffolds | 34 |
| 1.4.1 | Atomic Cores | 34 |
| 1.4.2 | Rod Cores | 34 |
| 1.4.3 | Cyclic Cores | 37 |
| 1.5 | Cage Acetylenic Scaffolds | 40 |
| 1.5 | Conclusion | 41 |
| | Acknowledgements | 42 |
| 2 | Synthesis of Heterocycles and Carbocycles by Electrophilic Cyclization of Alkynes | 51 |
| 2.1 | Introduction | 51 |
| 2.2 | Cyclization of Oxygen Compounds | 51 |
| 2.2.1 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Alcohols | 51 |
| 2.2.2 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Phenols | 55 |
| 2.2.3 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Ethers | 57 |
| 2.2.4 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Acids and Derivatives | 59 |
| 2.2.5 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Aldehydes and Ketones | 63 |
| 2.3 | Cyclization of Sulfur and Selenium Compounds | 66 |
| 2.4 | Cyclization of Nitrogen Compounds | 67 |
| 2.4.1 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Amines | 67 |
| 2.4.2 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Amides | 70 |
| 2.4.3 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Carbamates | 73 |
| 2.4.4 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Sulfonamides | 75 |
| 2.4.5 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Enamines and Imines | 77 |
| 2.4.6 | Cyclization of Other Acetylenic Nitrogen Functional Groups | 79 |
| 2.5 | Cyclization of Carbon onto Acetylenes | 81 |
| 2.5.1 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Carbonyl Compounds and Derivatives | 81 |
| 2.5.2 | Cyclization of Diacetylenes | 83 |
| 2.5.3 | Cyclization of Aryl Acetylenes | 84 |
| 2.5.4 | Cyclization of Acetylenic Organometallics | 89 |
| 2.6 | Conclusions | 90 |
| 2.7 | Representative Experimental Procedures | 90 |
| 2.7.1 | Synthesis of -Methylene- -butyrolactones by Carbonylation of 1-Alkyn-4-ols | 90 |
| 2.7.2 | Synthesis of 1-Alkoxyisochromenes by Cyclization of 2-(1-Alkynyl) benzaldehydes | 90 |
| 2.7.3 | Synthesis of 3-Aryl(vinylic)indoles by Palladium-catalyzed Cross-coupling of Aryl Halides or Vinylic Triflates and 2-(1-Alkynyl)trifluoroacetanilides | 90 |
| 2.7.4 | Synthesis of Pyridines by the Gold-catalyzed Cross-coupling of Ketones and Propargyl Amine | 91 |
| 2.7.5 | Synthesis of 4-Iodoisoquinolines by the Cyclization of Iminoalkynes | 91 |
| 2.7.6 | Synthesis of Cyclic Amines by Acetylene-Iminium Ion Cyclizations | 91 |
| | Acknowledgements | 92 |
| 3 | Addition of Terminal Acetylides to CO and CN Electrophiles | 101 |
| 3.1 | Introduction | 101 |
| 3.2 | Background | 103 |
| 3.3 | Additions with Stoichiometric Amounts of Metal Acetylides | 106 |
| 3.4 | Nucleophilic CO Additions involving the use of Zn(ii) Salts | 114 |
| 3.5 | Acetylene Additions to CN Electrophiles | 125 |
| 3.6 | Conclusion | 131 |
| 3.7 | Experimental Procedures | 131 |
| 3.7.1 | General Procedure for the Enantioselective Alkynylation of Aldehydes by the use of Stoichiometric Amounts of Zn(OTf)2 | 131 |
| 3.7.2 | General Procedure for the Zn(OTf)2-Catalyzed Enantioselective Alkynylation of Aldehydes | 132 |
| 3.7.3 | General Procedure for the Enantioselective Alkynylation of Ketones Catalyzed by Zn(salen) Complexes | 132 |
| 3.7.4 | General Procedure for the Zn(OTf)2-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Alkynylation of N-Glycosyl Nitrones | 133 |
| 3.7.5 | General Procedure for the Et2Zn-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Alkynylation of Chiral Nitrones | 133 |
| 3.7.6 | General Procedure for the CuBr-Catalyzed Enantioselective Preparation of Propargylamines | 133 |
| 3.7.7 | General Procedure for the [IrCl(COD)]2-Catalyzed Alkynylation of Imines | 134 |
| 4 | Transition Metal Acetylides | 139 |
| 4.1 | Introduction | 139 |
| 4.2 | General Comments | 140 |
| 4.2.1 | Structure and Bonding | 140 |
| 4.2.2 | Syntheses | 141 |
| 4.2.3 | Reactions | 144 |
| 4.3 | Titanocene- and Zirconocene-Acetylides | 146 |
| 4.3.1 | MCCR | 146 |
| 4.3.2 | M(CCR)2 | 148 |
| 4.3.3 | M(CCR)3 | 148 |
| 4.3.4 | Products of [Cp2M( 2-RC2R)] and [Cp*2M( 2-RC2R)] with Acetylenes | 149 |
| 4.3.5 | Reactions | 151 |
| 4.4 | Complexation of MCCM | 160 |
| 4.4.1 | Examples | 160 |
| 4.4.2 | Molecular Dynamics of Acetylides | 161 |
| 4.4.3 | Acetylides in the Topomerization of Alkynes | 163 |
| 4.5 | Summary and Outlook | 165 |
| 4.6 | Typical Experimental Procedures | 166 |
| 4.6.1 | Synthesis of a Monomeric Ti(iii) Monoacetylide [Cp*2TiCCtBu] | 166 |
| 4.6.2 | Synthesis of a Ti(iii) Bisacetylide Tweezer [Cp2Ti(CCtBu) 2][Li(THF)] | 166 |
| 4.6.3 | Synthesis of a Dinuclear Ti(iii) Monoacetylide [Cp2TiC2SiMe3)]2 by CC Cleavage of a 1,3-Butadiyne | 167 |
| 4.6.4 | Synthesis of a Zr(iv) Bisacetylide [Cp*2Zr(CCSiMe3)2] | 167 |
| 4.6.5 | Synthesis of a Zirconacyclocumulene [Cp*2Zr( 4 -1.2.3.4-Me3SiC4SiMe3)] | 167 |
| | Acknowledgment | 168 |
| 5 | Acetylenosaccharides | 173 |
| 5.1 | Introduction | 173 |
| 5.2 | Isolation of Acetylenosaccharides from Natural Sources | 174 |
| 5.3 | Preparation of Monoalkynylated Acetylenosaccharides | 177 |
| 5.3.1 | Preparation of Linear Acetylenosaccharides | 177 |
| 5.3.2 | Preparation of Branched-Chain Acetylenosaccharides | 188 |
| 5.4 | Preparation of Dialkynylated Acetylenosaccharides | 193 |
| 5.4.1 | Linear Dialkynylated Acetylenosaccharides | 193 |
| 5.4.2 | Branched Dialkynylated Acetylenosaccharides | 194 |
| 5.4.2.1 | 4-O-Alkynyl- -Dglucopyranosylacetylenes | 195 |
| 5.5 | Transformations of Acetylenosaccharides | 203 |
| 5.5.1 | Ring-Forming Reactions | 204 |
| 5.5.2 | Coupling Reactions | 212 |
| 5.5.2.1 | Homocoupling of Acetylenosaccharides | 213 |
| 5.6 | Biological and Medicinal Uses of Acetylenosaccharides | 215 |
| 5.7 | Experimental Protocols | 215 |
| | Acknowledgement | 219 |
| 6 | Semiconducting Poly(arylene ethylene)s | 233 |
| 6.1 | Introduction | 233 |
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| 6.2 | Synthesis | 234 |
| 6.3 | Conducting Properties of PArEs | 236 |
| 6.4 | Photophysical Properties and Interpolymer Electronic Interactions | 238 |
| 6.5 | Sensor Applications | 247 |
| 6.6 | Superstructures | 249 |
| 6.7 | Summary | 255 |
| 6.8 | General Procedures for Synthesis of PPEs | 255 |
| | Acknowledgement | 256 |
| 7 | Polyynes via Alkylidene Carbenes and Carbenoids | 259 |
| 7.1 | Introduction | 259 |
| 7.2 | Alkylidene Carbene and Carbenoid Species | 260 |
| 7.3 | Alkyne Formation from Carbenes and Carbenoids | 261 |
| 7.3.1 | Synthesis of Acetylenes: the Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell Rearrangement | 261 |
| 7.3.2 | Synthesis of 1,3–Butadiynes | 265 |
| 7.3.3 | Synthesis of 1,3,5–Hexatriynes | 268 |
| 7.3.4 | Tri- and Pentaynes from Free Alkylidene Carbenes | 273 |
| 7.4 | Toward applications | 274 |
| 7.4.1 | Natural Products Synthesis | 274 |
| 7.4.2 | Extended Arylenethynylene Derivatives | 276 |
| 7.4.3 | Cyclo[n]carbons | 283 |
| 7.5 | Linear Conjugated Polyynes | 284 |
| 7.5.1 | Synthesis of Triisopropylsilyl End-Capped Polyynes | 285 |
| 7.5.2 | Solid-State Characterization | 289 |
| 7.5.3 | Linear Optical Properties | 291 |
| 7.5.4 | Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties | 294 |
| 7.6 | Conclusions | 296 |
| 7.7 | Experimental procedures | 297 |
| 7.7.1 | General procedure for Friedel–Crafts Acylation | 297 |
| 7.7.2 | General Procedure for Dibromoolefination | 297 |
| 7.7.3 | General FBW Rearrangement Procedure | 297 |
| 7.7.4 | General Oxidative Coupling Procedure | 298 |
| | Acknowledgements | 298 |
| 8 | Macrocycles Based on Phenylacetylene Scaffolding | 303 |
| 8.1 | Introduction | 303 |
| 8.2 | Synthetic Strategies | 304 |
| 8.2.1 | Intermolecular Approach | 304 |
| 8.2.2 | Intramolecular Approach | 307 |
| 8.2.3 | Comparison of the Two Pathways | 311 |
| 8.3 | Phenylacetylene Macrocycles | 312 |
| 8.3.1 | Ortho PAMs | 312 |
| 8.3.2 | Meta-PAMs | 323 |
| 8.3.3 | Para-PAMs | 334 |
| 8.3.4 | Mixed PAMs | 335 |
| 8.4 | Phenyldiacetylene Macrocycles | 338 |
| 8.4.1 | Ortho-PDMs | 339 |
| 8.4.2 | Meta-PDMs | 356 |
| 8.4.3 | Para-PDMs | 361 |
| 8.4.4 | Mixed PDMs | 362 |
| 8.5 | Phenyltriacetylene Macrocycles | 373 |
| 8.6 | Phenyltetraacetylene Macrocycles | 374 |
| 8.7 | Phenyloligoacetylene Macrocycles | 377 |
| 8.8 | Conclusions | 378 |
| 8.9 | Experimental | 378 |
| 8.9.1 | Preparation of 8 From [(t-BuO) 3WCt-Bu)] Catalysis of 13 | 378 |
| 8.9.2 | Synthesis of 8 and 10 from Copper (2-Iodophenyl)acetylide | 379 |
| 8.9.3 | Preparation of 31 by Pd-catalyzed Cyclization of 29 | 379 |
| 8.9.4 | Preparation of 122 by Pd-mediated Cyclization of 136 | 379 |
| 8.9.5 | Synthesis of 148 from 149 and Mo(CO) 6 | 380 |
| 8.9.6 | Preparation of 189 and 190 from 1,2-Diiodotetrafluorobenzene under Hay Conditions | 380 |
| 8.9.7 | Preparation of 1 by Deprotection and Cyclization of 223 | 380 |
| 8.9.8 | Synthesis of 304 by Photolysis of Dewar Benzene 305 | 381 |
| 8.9.9 | Preparation of 332 and 333 by Deprotection/Cyclization of 335 in situ | 381 |
| | Acknowledgments | 381 |
| 9 | Carbon-Rich Compounds: Acetylene-Based Carbon Allotropes | 387 |
| 9.1 | Introduction | 387 |
| 9.2 | Linear Carbon Clusters | 388 |
| 9.3 | Carbyne | 394 |
| 9.4 | Linear Polyynes | 397 |
| 9.5 | Monocyclic Carbon Clusters: Cyclo[n]carbons | 410 |
| 9.6 | Three-Dimensional Multicyclic Polyynes | 415 |
| 9.7 | Conclusion | 420 |
| | Acknowledgement | 420 |
| 10 | Shape-Persistent Acetylenic Macrocycles for Ordered Systems | 427 |
| 10.1 | Introduction | 427 |
| 10.2 | Ordered Systems | 429 |
| 10.2.1 | Host-Guest Complexes | 429 |
| 10.2.2 | Tubular Superstructures in Solution | 433 |
| 10.2.3 | Thermotropic Liquid Crystals | 438 |
| 10.2.4 | Two-Dimensional Organization | 442 |
| 10.3 | Conclusions | 446 |
| 10.4 | Experimental Procedures | 447 |
| 10.4.1 | Deprotection of a CPDMS-Protected Acetylene | 447 |
| 10.4.2 | Template-based Oxidative Cyclodimerization of a Rigid Bisacetylene | 447 |
| 10.4.3 | Deprotection of a Macrocyclic THP-Protected Tetraphenol | 448 |
| 10.4.4 | Alkylation of a Macrocyclic Tetraphenol | 448 |
| 10.4.5 | Hydrolysis of a Macrocycle with Two Intraannular Ester Groups | 448 |
| 10.4.6 | ormation of a Macrocycle with Two Intraannular Thioether Groups | 449 |
| | Acknowledgement | 449 |
| 11 | Chiral Acetylenic Macromolecules | 453 |
| 11.1 | Introduction | 453 |
| 11.2 | Chiral Acetylenic Dendrimers | 454 |
| 11.3 | Chiral Acetylenic Polymers | 460 |
| 11.3.1 | Chiral Polymers Containing Main-Chain para-Phenyleneethynylenes | 460 |
| 11.3.2 | Chiral Polymers Containing Main-Chain ortho-Phenyleneethynylenes | 468 |
| 11.3.3 | Chiral Polymers Containing Main-Chain meta-Phenyleneethynylenes | 482 |
| 11.3.4 | Chiral Polymers Containing Main-Chain Thienylene-Ethynylenes | 483 |
| 11.3.5 | Chiral Polymers Containing Side-Chain Phenyleneethynylenes | 485 |
| 11.4 | Summary | 490 |
| | Acknowledgements | 491 |
| 11.5 | Experimental Procedures | 491 |
| 11.5.1 | Preparation of the Chiral Dendrimers – A Typical Procedure | 491 |
| 11.5.2 | Preparation of the Chiral Polymer (R)-18e | 491 |
| 11.5.3 | Preparation of the Chiral Polymer (R)-45 | 492 |
| 11.5.4 | Preparation of the Helical Polymer (R)-85 | 492 |