Bromotrichloromethane → (Bromoethynyl)benzene

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In a 10 mL round-bottom flask, 1.02 g of phenylacetylene (10 mmol), 2.1 g bromotrichloromethane (10.5 mmol) and 100 mg of tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride trihydrate (0.316 mmol) were stirred at 24° C. for 15 min. The temperature of the mixture rose to 33° C. in the course of the process. Analysis of the resulting mixture showed that it contained 1.72 g of 1-bromo-2-phenylacetylene (95% yield) and 0.05 g of the unconverted phenylacetylene.

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