The Lindlar catalyst has been applied to the conversion of phenylacetylene to styrene.
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An example of commercial use is the organic synthesis of vitamin A which involves an alkyne reduction with the Lindlar catalyst.
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The Nicolaou group therefore sought to synthesize endiandric acid C from an acyclic symmetric diacetylenic diol precursor, "'14 "'( as shown ); they began with " mild hydrogenation " in the presence of Lindlar catalyst and quinoline, anticipating tetraene diol "'15 "', cyclooctatriene "'16 "', or the fully cyclized bicyclo [ 4.2 . 0 ] octadiene ( bicyclic diol ) "'17 " '.