Q. Ethyl phenyl acetylene (1-phenyl- 1-butyne) on reduction with partially deactivated palladised charcoal (Lindlar's catalyst) gives
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Solution:
Lindlar catalyst is partially deactivated catalyst composed of $BaSO _{4}$ coated with Pd poisoned with quinoline.
It reduce $(C \equiv C)$ to $(C=C)$ bond, occurs via syn-addition and gives cisalkene.