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Preliminary ab initio, calculations (minimal basis set STO‐3 G) suggest that the preferred direction of approach of a nucleophilic centre towards a CC triple bond makes an obtuse angle (∼120°) with this bond. The stereoelectronic requirements for nucleophilic addition to triple bonds and to ketones are thus rather similar.
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Eisenstein et al. (1978) studied this question.
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