W. Jasiobedzki et al., REACTIONS OF ACETYLENIC GAMMA-GLYCOLS .32. THE ACTION OF HYDROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND THIONYL HALIDES (CL, BR) ON 1,4-DIPHENYLBUT-2-YNE-1,4-DIOL, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Chemistry, 43(3), 1995, pp. 189
From the symmetric title diol (1) dihalogenoacetylenes (Cl, 2; Br, 5),
dihalogenobuta-1,3-dienes (Cl, 3; Br, 6) and also tribromoolefine 4 h
ave been obtained. Because of steric crowding the dienic 5 and olefini
c 4 derivatives were formed selectively as sing:le isomers (stereospec
ific reactions). The possible pathways of reaction in the presence of
HBr have been discussed. The reactions of symmetric diol 1 were compar
ed with those of asymmetric diol 1. The generalizations concerning rea
ctions of symmetric acetylenic gamma-glycols with HX, PX(3) and SOX(2)
(X = Cl, Br) have been derived.