1,2-Dienes were prepared by the selective hydrogenolysis of alk-2-ynyl carbonates with HCO2NH4 catalysed by Pd2(dba)3·CHCl3–PBun3(dba = dibenzylideneacetone).
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Tsuji et al. (1986) studied this question.