One-carbon homologation of an aldehyde to dibromoolefin, which is then treated with n-BuLi to produce a terminal alkyne.
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Li, J.J. (2009). Corey–Fuchs reaction. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01053-8_64
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