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Carbon–carbon double bond of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds can be reduced selectively with hydrogen selenide, generated in situ by the reaction of elemental selenium with carbon monoxide and water in the presence of strongly basic tertiary amine.
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Nishiyama et al. (1989) studied this question.
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