Highly Selective Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrogenations Using Triethoxysilane and Water

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00298a013

Treatment of alkenes or alkynes at ambient temperature with triethoxysilane and 5 mol percent of palladium(II) acetate in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and water affords the corresponding hydrogenated products.Excellent chemoselectivities and stereoselectivities can be abtained using this process.