Production of polymetallated 1-acetylenes

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A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYMETALATED 1ACETYLENES WHEREIN THE METAL SUBSTIUENTS REPLACE ACETYLENIC HYDROGEN ATOMS AND HYDROGEN ATOMS ATTACHED TO THE CARBON ATOM ALPHA TO THE ACETYLENIC LINKAGE WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING (A) A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA RMX WHEREIN R IS A HYDROCARBON RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SATURATED ALIPHATIC, SATURATED CYCLOALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC RADICALS, X IS AN INTEGER FROM 1 TO 4, INCLUSIVE, AND M IS AN ALKAI METAL WITH (B) A 1-ACETYLENE COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA R''C$CH, WHEREIN R IS R 8CH- RADICALS AND WHEREIN EACH R'''' IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND HYDROCARBON RADICALS SELECTED FROM SATURATED ALIPHATIC, SATURATED CYCLOALIPHATIC, AND AROMATIC RADICALS CONTAINING UP TO AND INCLUDING 12 CARBON ATOMS, SAID CONTACTING BEING EFFECTED IN AN INERT LIQUID REACTION MEDIUM AT A TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM -75 TO 150*C. UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN LIQUID PHASE CONDITIONS WITH A MOL RATIO OF (A) TO (B) RANGING FROM 2:1 TO 10:1, AND RECOVERING THE POLYMETALATED ACETYLENE THUS FROMED AS PRODUCT.