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1. A process for the chemoselective reduction of a terminally unsaturated carboxylic ester (I) to a terminally unsaturated alcohol (II) by catalytic hydrogenation, optionally in the presence of a transition metal complex, further optionally in the presence of a ruthenium (II) complexwherein A is a divalent radical containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which may be linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, aromatic or contain both aliphatic and aromatic elements; R is a hydrocarbon radical or a radical derived from a hydrocarbon, which may be substituted or unsubstituted and saturated or unsaturated; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-20 linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkene group; and m is an integer from 1 to 6. |