What will be the major product of following sequence of reactions?

What will be the major product of following sequence of reactions?

Solution

First step of the reaction involves acid base reaction to form n-Bu-CC-Li+.This is due to the presence of acidic hydrogen in the reactant Hex-1-yne.

Second step involves nucleophilic substitution to form a higher alkyne.

Third step involves hydrogenation of alkyne by using lindlar catalyst to form cis-alkene

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