Highly Selective Semihydrogenation
of Phenylalkynes to (Z)-Styrenes Using Hantzsch
Ester 1,4-Dihydropyridine Catalyzed by Pd/C

Yankai Zhao; Qiang Liu; Jing Li; Zhongquan Liu; Bo Zhou

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1258122

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Highly Selective Semihydrogenation of Phenylalkynes to (Z)-Styrenes Using Hantzsch Ester 1,4-Dihydropyridine Catalyzed by Pd/C

Yankai Zhao, Qiang Liu*, Jing Li, Zhongquan Liu, Bo Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. of China
Fax: +86(931)8625657; e-Mail: liuqiang@lzu.edu.cn;

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Various alkynes have been selectively reduced to the corresponding Z-alkenes catalyzed by Pd/C using Hantzsch ester 1,4-dihydropyridine as the hydrogen source.

Key words

alkynes - alkenes - palladium - reduction - regioselectivity

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