“…by carbonation of alkali acetylides with carbon dioxide either in liquid ammonia or in inert hydrocarbon solvents (201,291,449). These and other applications (35,145,163,166,169,170,172,173,181,182,183,194,197,210,211,269,301,302,336,347) serve to illustrate the scope of application of these reagents. Sodium acetylide exhibits but little reactivity toward acetals (231), and sodium and potassium acetylides fail to metálate 1-heptyne to any appreciable extent (141), while both amyl-and phenyl-acetylene are partially metalated.…”