M. Yamaguchi et al., SYNTHESIS AND REACTIONS OF MONOSILYLATED 1,3,5-HEXATRIYNE AND 1,3,5,7-OCTATETRAYNE - TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CARYOYNENCINS, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 67(6), 1994, pp. 1717-1725
Selective monodesilylation of 1,8-bis(t-butyldiphenylsilyl)-1,3,5,7-oc
tatetrayne and 1,6-bis(t-butyldiphenyl-silyl)-1,3,5-hexatriyne with li
thiated phenylacetylene gave unstable 1-(t-butyldiphenylsilyl)-1,3,5,7
-octatetrayne and 1-(t-butyldiphenylsilyl)-1,3,5-hexatriyne, respectiv
ely. The terminal acetylenes on lithiation added to aldehydes and a ke
tone giving polyynols in high yields. The reaction was applied to the
synthesis of polyyne antibiotics, caryoynencins. Polymerization of the
terminal octatetrayne on an ITO-coated glass plate gave a film, which
showed conduCtiVity of 10(-4)S cm-1 when doped with SO3.