"The characteristic hybridization scheme for the triple bond of an alkyne controls its physical and electronic features. It is responsible for strong bonds, the linear structure, and the relatively acidic alkynyl hydrogen. In addition, alkynes are highly energetic compounds. Internal isomers are more stable than terminal ones, as shown by the relative heats of hydrogenation."
In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond. The simplest acyclic alkynes with only one triple bond and no other functional groups form a homologous series with the general chemical formula CnH2n−2. Alkynes are traditionally known as acetylenes, although the name acetylene also refers specifically to C2H2, known formally as ethyne
"The cylindrical π cloud around the carbon – carbon triple bond induces local magnetic fields that lead to NMR chemical shifts for alkynyl hydrogens at higher fields than those of alkenyl protons. Long-range coupling is observed through the C≡C linkage. Infrared spectroscopy provides a useful complement to NMR data, displaying characteristic bands for the C≡C and ≡C–H bonds of terminal alkynes. In the mass spectrometer, alkynes fragment to give resonance-stabilized cations."
"Conversion of 1-alkynes into substituted actic acids without the loss of one carbon is accomplished via hydroboration-oxidation … Ruthenium- or permanganate-mediated oxidations of internal alkynes are highly dependent on solvent conditions and generally afford the corresponding α-diketones."