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Decarboxylative coupling of sp-sp
2 carbons is possible by palladium catalyst. Employing propiolic acid (
1) as a difunctional alkyne, and usingthe consecutive reactions of the Sonogashira reaction and the decarboxylative coupling, unsymmetrically substituted diaryl alkynes wereobtained in moderate to good yield.