It was found that diphenylacetylene reacts at 55[ddot]C with i-Bu2AlH to form cis-vinylalane. On the other hand, i-Bu2AlH adds mostly in anti-manner to diphenylacetylene at 110[ddot] C.
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Mohaimed I. Al-Hassan (1986) studied this question.
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