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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - ALKYNES

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - ALKYNES

by Nitish Mittal -
Number of replies: 1
can anyody help me out for the mechanism of addition of 2 moles of CH3COOH to one mole of 2-butyne.
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Re: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - ALKYNES

by subhamoy das -
it's a normal addition reaction.
CH+CH (ETHYNE) +CH3COOH----> CH2=CHOOCCH3
CH2=CH00CH3 + CH3COOH ------> CH3CH(OOCCH3)2

JUST CH3COOH DISSCIATES INTO IONS AND ADDS TO THE TRIPLE BOND.