“…Moreover, the coupling reaction of phenyl acetylene with aliphatic sodium carboxylate salts furnished the desired 1 8b,c,f,g,20 1 9 5 2 8c,20a 1 9 2 3 6b,8c,20a 1 9 0 4 6b,8g,20b 2 9 1 5 8g,20 2 9 0 product in good yields (Table 4, entries [13][14][15]. To further evaluate the utility of this coupling reaction, the coupling of aliphatic terminal alkynes with sodium carboxylate salts were also evaluated.…”