Selective heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed hydrogenations of watersoluble alkenes and alkynes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97715-3

Treatment of water-soluble alkenes or alkynes with palladium(II) acetate and triethoxysilane at room temperature afforded the corresponding hydrogenated products in high yields. Simple introduction of a stoichiometric amount of hydrogen is accomplished by using triethoxysilane as the hydrogen source.