Fig. 1: Strategies for synthesizing long polyynes. | Nature Chemistry

Fig. 1: Strategies for synthesizing long polyynes.

From: Masked alkynes for synthesis of threaded carbon chains

Fig. 1: Strategies for synthesizing long polyynes.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a, The classical approach to synthesize a polyyne preceded via a terminal polyyne with half as many carbon atoms in the chain18,19,20,21,22. b, In the precursor polymer route (this work), an MAE is used to conceal the reactivity of the alkynes until the whole backbone has been constructed.

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