Selective catalytic hydrogenation of an olefin moiety in the presence of a terminal alkyne function

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(90)80166-J

Protection of a terminal alkyne as a (trimethyl- or tri-isopropylsilyl)alkyne permits selective catalytic hydrogenation of a mono- or disubstituted olefin moiety without reducing the alkyne function.