“…Pd supported on active carbon ÿl-aments (ACF) in the form of woven fabrics was tested for activity=selectivity in this reaction. Metallic palladium is known to selectively reduce triple bonds (Tedeschi & Clark, 1962) and Pd=C catalysts are known to hydrogenate 2-butyne-1,4-diol to 2-butene-1,4-diol with selectivity up to ¿ 99% (Chaudhari, Gholap, Emig, & Hofmann 1987a;Chaudhari, Jaganathan, Kohle, Emig, & Hofmann, 1987b;Winterbottom et al, 1997). The use of activated carbon in the form of ÿlamentous woven materials as catalytic supports have been already reported in the scientiÿc literature (Jin, Park, Lee, & Ryu, 1996;Mochida et al, 1997;Mochida et al, 1997a,b;Perez et al, 1997;Yoshikawa, Yasutake, & Mochida, 1998;Moon, Park, Kim, & Seo, 1999;Ryu, Kim, Li, & Jaroniec, 1999;Mochida et al, 2000).…”