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$\begingroup$ >Terminal alkynes are weak acids, but they are still stronger ones than alkenes and alkanes. || A lot stronger than alkenes and alkanes, I'd say. You can create enough deprotonated alkyne with KOH in non-aqueous media for it to work as intermidiate in many reactions. No so luck with alkanes and alkynes. $\endgroup$
– permeakra
Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 10:06
$\begingroup$ Unless the "alkene" is cyclopentadiene, maybe? $\endgroup$
– Oscar Lanzi
Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 14:41
$\begingroup$ Calling cp an alkene is like calling DNA an alcohol, because come on, it has OH group in deoxyribose fragment. $\endgroup$
– MEL Science
Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 20:03

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