JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Hydrocarbons JEE Main

–Cu –CC–CC–. This oxidative coupling of a copper(I) acetylide is known as the

(A)Eglinton reactionCorrect
(B)Glaser reaction
(C)Gomberg–Bachmann reaction
(D)Leuckart reaction

Answer: (A)

Solution

Treating a copper(I) acetylide with cupric acetate in pyridine (the Eglinton modification of the classic Glaser oxidative

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