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Meaning of tosylacetylene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Ethynyl p-tolyl sulfone, C₉H₈O₂S, used as a reagent in a wide variety of applications.

uncountable

Examples

“This is regioselectively trapped in situ by the tosylacetylene 87 via one of two mechanisms to generate 88 or 89.”
“[…] accomplished via the Diels–Alder reaction of tosylacetylene with butadiene […]”
“The addition of a thiol to tosylacetylene affords the corresponding tosylvinyl sulfide as a mixture of Z-and E-isomers (4:1) in excellent yields.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

tosylamide tosylate tosylation tosylazetidine tosylaziridine tosylchloramide

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