Supported gold nanoparticles catalyze the semihydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes with ammonia borane or amine borane complexes in excellent yields and under mild conditions. Internal alkynes provide cis-alkenes, making this protocol an attractive alternative of the classical Lindlar's hydrogenation.
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