title: Di-tert-butoxyacetylene
text: # Di-tert-butoxyacetylene
  
  Di-tert-butoxyacetylene is the organic compound with the formula $(CH_3)_3COC≡COC(CH_3)_3.$ It is a pale yellow liquid. It is one of the more common dialkoxyacetylenes; most other dialkoxyacetylenes are very labile, for example, dimethoxyacetylene polymerizes within seconds at 0 °C. Di-tert-butoxyacetylene can be prepared from 1,4-dioxane in a multistep procedure.
  
  