• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.286-290
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• 2010

The reaction of carboxylic acid derivatives such as esters, acid chlorides and acid anhydrides with alkynyl lithiums in the presence of lithium morpholinide and $BF_3{\cdot}OEt_2$ gave alkynyl ketones in good yield (73-96%).