title: Reduction of alkynes into 1,2-dideuterioalkenes with hexamethyldisilane and deuterium oxide in the presence of a palladium catalyst.
abstract: A combination of hexamethyldisilane and deuterium oxide was found to work as a deuterium transfer reagent for alkynes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a palladium complex to give (E)-1,2-dideuterioalkenes selectively through the corresponding (Z)-isomer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Japan. shirakawa@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: Hidehito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Tamio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi