1-Hexyne is used in the preparation of tricyclic isoindolinone scaffold by undergoing hydrozirconation and ring-closing metathesis. It is used to prepare trans-1,2-bis(5-thianthreniumyl)alkene tetrafluoroborate by reacting with thianthrene cation radical tetrafluoroborate.
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Applications
1-Hexyne is used in the preparation of tricyclic isoindolinone scaffold by undergoing hydrozirconation and ring-closing metathesis. It is used to prepare trans-1,2-bis(5-thianthreniumyl)alkene tetrafluoroborate by reacting with thianthrene cation radical tetrafluoroborate.
Solubility
Miscible with organic solvents. Immiscible with water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong reducing agents, strong acids and strong bases.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- The dilithiation of 1-alkynes with n-BuLi, followed by alkylation at the 3-position, is illustrated for 1-hexyne: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 595 (1988). For [2 + 2] cycloaddition with dichloroketene to give a substituted cyclobutenone, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 82 (1993).
- Van, D. D.; Hosokawa, T.; Saito, M.; Horiuchi, Y.; Matsuoka, M. A heterogeneous mesoporous silica-supported cyclopentadienyl ruthenium(II) complex catalyst for selective hydrosilylation of 1-hexyne at room temperature. Appl. Catal., A. 2015, 503, 203-208.
- Saito, M.; Watanabe, T.; Kamegawa, T.; Horiuchi, Y.; Matsuoka, M. Construction of an organoruthenium complex (-[biphRuCp]PF6-) within a biphenylene-bridged inorganic-organic hybrid mesoporous material, and its catalytic activity in the selective hydrosilylation of 1-hexyne. Res. Chem. Intermed. 2014, 40 (1), 105-113.