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Why does ferrocene undergo the acylation reaction more readily than benzene?

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A combination of Pd-catalyzed arene–alkynyl couplings and Cu(OAc)2-promoted internal alkyne dimerization furnishes novel ferrocene-based dehydroannulenes in high yield.
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