: any of a series of open-chain hydrocarbons CnH2n−2(such as acetylene) having one triple bond
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The process is called the copper catalysed azide-alkyne reaction.
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Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2022
Previous attempts to bond alkyne and azide had not produced great results, but Meldal realized the copper ions were the key.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Oct. 2022
Bertozzi solved that problem by altering the configuration of the alkyne.
—Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2022
The alkyne-azide bond was superefficient and left the original target, the acyl halide, largely untouched.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Oct. 2022
Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2022
Previous attempts to bond alkyne and azide had not produced great results, but Meldal realized the copper ions were the key.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Oct. 2022
Bertozzi solved that problem by altering the configuration of the alkyne.
—Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2022
The alkyne-azide bond was superefficient and left the original target, the acyl halide, largely untouched.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Oct. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
alkyl + -yne, alteration of -ine
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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