“…At high concentrations of C2H2, C2H4 is formed almost exclusively and the reaction goes to completion within 2-3 min (Figure 1). In typical experiments, Mg(OH)2 (2000 µ ), containing 35 µ of V(OH)2, was reacted with C2H2 at 1 atm of pressure. After 10 min of reaction at 23 °C, the total yield of C2H4 was 32 µ , indicating that V(OH)2 acts as a two-electron reductant under these conditions.…”