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p-(TC≡C)2C6H4 was prepd. and allowed to decay in the presence of aprotic nucleophiles such as C6H6, Br(CH2)4Br and Me3CBr. The products formed offer the 1st evidence for the generation of an alkynyl cation.
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Angelini et al. (1988) studied this question.
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