title: Hydrofluorocarbon 245fa: a versatile new synthon in alkyne chemistry.
abstract: The CFC replacement 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC 245 fa) has been established as a convenient source of trifluoropropynyllithium under mild conditions; a range of novel and known trifluoropropynyl-containing systems has been prepared in a one-pot procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK. alan.brisdon@umist.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alan K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Brisdon
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Crossley