Cyclopentadiene was hydrogenated to cyclopentene selectively by using colloidal palladium supported on chelate resin with iminodiacetic acid moieties as a catalyst. The catalyst, containing metal particles of 1–6 nm in diameter, was prepared by reduction of the palladium (II)–chelate resin complex with methanol. Cyclopentene was produced in 97.1% yield at 100% conversion of cyclopentadiene at 30° C under 1 atm of hydrogen. This value ...