The reaction of vinyl ketenes and alkynes were studied. A component in drug synthesis, called halogenated catechol was used in the reaction. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) were used. This read all the components of the compound that was used. The products of alkynes and vinyl were read using the records from the NMR and GC-MS. Similar to phenols and catechols, ketenes were used for original compounds. Vinyl ketenes go under cycloaddition The compounds were then run under the machine to find results and and to see if the experiment should continue.The organic chemist ran the cycloaddition process with different vinyl ketenes and found the product of catechol for every reaction.
