Tetra-substituted, tri-substituted, and 1,1-disubstituted alkenes can be rapidly hydrogenated in high yield at –75 °C using CF3SO3H/HMo(CO)3(C5H5) or CF3SO3H/HSiEt3.
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Bullock et al. (1989) studied this question.