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Semihydrogenation of acetylenes: Modified lindlar catalyst

J Rajaram, APS Narula, HPS Chawla, S Dev

Index: Rajaram, J.; Narula, A. P. S.; Chawla, H. P. S.; Dev, Sukh Tetrahedron, 1983 , vol. 39, # 13 p. 2315 - 2322

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Abstract

The effect of doping Lindlar catalyst with different metal salts (shown in Table 1) on selectivity, during semihydrogenation of some acetylenes to the corresponding olefins, has been studied. Lindlar catalyst modified with MnCl2 has been found to be more selective and reproducible.