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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Synlett. 2015 Sep 14;26(19):2702–2706. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1560265

Scheme 2. Scope of Acetals.

Scheme 2

Conditions: acetal 1 (0.1 mmol), alkyne 2a (1.5 equiv), MgBr2·OEt2 (1.2 equiv), K2CO3 (1.0 equiv), solvent (0.5 mL), 60 °C, 24 h. Average isolated yields from duplicate experiments (±2%). E:Z ratios of isolated product mixtures determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. a 0.2 mmol scale.