Tosylacetylene

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ethynyl p-tolyl sulfone, C₉H₈O₂S, used as a reagent in a wide variety of applications. uncountable

    "This is regioselectively trapped in situ by the tosylacetylene 87 via one of two mechanisms to generate 88 or 89."

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"This is regioselectively trapped in situ by the tosylacetylene 87 via one of two mechanisms to generate 88 or 89."

Etymology

From tosyl + acetylene.

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