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In this reaction, carried out in liquid ammonia, the KOH abstracts a proton from the acetylene, forming the acetylide anion, which nucleophilically attacks the acetone.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

  +  
HC≡CH
  +  
NH3
  +  
KOH
         
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Nucleophilic
Industrial Process: Organic

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