“…For example, 2-butynyl halides 37 on treatment with Grignard reagents RMgBr provide hydrocarbons such as 3,4-dimethyl-1,2,4,5-hexatetraene ( 38 ), but the composition of the product mixture is anything but simple (Scheme 5) [32–36]. Not only are the three isomeric C 3 -coupling products 38 to 40 produced, but also those of 37 with the Grignard reagent, 41 and 42 (R = Et, n -Pr).…”