title: Selective Homogeneous Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Alkynes to (Z)-Alkenes.
abstract: Zero-valent palladium precatalysts containing rigid bidentate bis(arylimino)acenaphthene ligands (shown schematically) facilitate the highly stereoselective homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of alkynes to (Z)-alkenes. Internal, terminal, aryl-substituted, and cyclic alkynes are suitable substrates, as are some enynes, which are chemoselectively hydrogenated to dienes. E=CO(2)Me; R(1), R(2)=4-OCH(3), 4-CH(3), 2,6-(CH(3))(2).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, NL-1018 WV Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
authors.lastname: van Laren MW
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Elsevier