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Acetylides are salts of acetylene, which is, under normal conditions, a gas with a slightly acidic character (pK a is 25, for comparison pK a of acetic acid is 4.76). Due to their acidic nature, one or both of the hydrogen atoms can be substituted by a metal atom. Furthermore, acetylene forms so-called metallo-addition compounds usually containing the acetylene molecule and an added metal compound (C2H2·MX) [1].

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Matyáš, R., Pachman, J. (2013). Acetylides. In: Primary Explosives. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28436-6_12

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