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Humans share ~60% of their DNA with a banana ā we're more similar to fruit than you'd think.
The most suitable reagent for the following conversion is:

Na/liquid
quinoline
Zn/HCl
To solve this problem, we need to convert 2-butyne to cis-2-butene.The reaction involves the partial hydrogenation of an alkyne to an alkene.Given:⢠Starting compound: 2-butyne ()⢠Desired product: cis-2-buteneThe most suitable reagent for this conversion is the Lindlar's catalyst,which is H with Pd/C and quinoline.Explanation:⢠Lindlar's catalyst selectively hydrogenates alkynes to alkenes, stopping at the alkene stage without further reduction to an alkane.⢠It specifically produces the cis-alkene due to the syn-addition of hydrogen.Therefore, the correct reagent for this conversion is:Option 2: Pd/C, quinoline.This corresponds to the correct option.
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