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Alkyne zipper reaction
The alkyne zipper reaction is an organic reaction that moves an internal alkyne's triple bond to the terminal chain position, giving a terminal acetylene usable in alkylation and cross-coupling.
Homologation reaction
A homologation reaction, also called homologization, is a chemical transformation that lengthens a molecule's carbon skeleton by one carbon, typically a methylene group, as in the Arndt–Eistert synthesis.
Seyferth–Gilbert homologation
Seyferth–Gilbert homologation, also called the Seyferth–Gilbert reaction, converts aldehydes or ketones into alkynes with one more carbon using the Seyferth reagent; its Ohira–Bestmann variant is widely used.