Hydrogen fluoride-induced protiodetrimethylsilylation of trimethylsilylethynyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborate (5), prepared from bis(trimethylsilyl)ethyne (4), affords ethynyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborate (1), a reagent for α-ethynylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds under mild conditions.
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Ochiai et al. (1990) studied this question.