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The efficient cross-coupling reactions of different alkynyl organozinc reag
ents with unsaturated organotellurium species catalyzed by Pd(PPh3)(4)/CuI
and using THF/DMF systems are described. These cross-coupling reactions are
general and permit the formation of new sp-sp(2) carbon-carbon bonds. New
reactions to reach the necessary alkynylzinc intermediates were also develo
ped from terminal alkynes or using acetylenic tellurides as starting materi
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