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Nickel‐Catalyzed Sonogashira Couplings: Extending the Reaction Scope to Aryl Bromides and Chlorides

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The Effect of Added Ligands on the Reactions of [Ni(COD)(dppf)] with Alkyl Halides: Halide Abstraction May Be Reversible

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Direct Synthesis of Chain‐end‐functionalized Poly(3‐hexylthiophene) without Protecting Groups Using a Zincate Complex

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Unexpected Nickel Complex Speciation Unlocks Alternative Pathways for the Reactions of Alkyl Halides with dppf-Nickel(0)

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A Bench‐Stable Fluorophosphine Nickel(0) Complex and Its Catalytic Application

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C−C Bond Formation by Dual Pyrrolidine and Nickel Catalysis: Allylation of Ketones by Allylic Alcohols

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Recent developments in nickel catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura C–C cross-coupling reaction

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