“…Alkynes are also often used as versatile intermediates in synthesis, constituting reactive moieties in stereoselective hydrogenations, 7 halogenations, 8 (3 + 2)-Huisgen cycloadditions, 9 hydro- 10 and carbometalations, 11 gold-catalyzed rearrangements, 12 and cyclopropenations. 13 Classical methods for their construction comprise wellestablished Corey−Fuchs reactions of aldehydes, 14 Seyferth− Gilbert homologations of ketones, 15 Fritsch−Buttenberg− Wiechell rearrangements, 16 Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira couplings of terminal alkynes, 17 or simple 1,2-eliminations.…”