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Hydrogenation of Alkynes
reaction
Reaction Type: Electrophilic Addition

Summary

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CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION
Step 1:
Hydrogen gets absorbed onto the metal surface.
mechanism

Step 2:
Alkyne approaches the H atoms absorbed on the metal surface.

Step 3:
C≡C  reacts with the H atoms on the surface forming the two new C-H σ bonds generating the cis-alkene. Since the 2 atoms are transferred to the same face of the alkens at the same time, the addition is syn.

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