Aluminium-mediated carbon–carbon coupling of an isonitrile†
Gary S.
Nichol 
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Michael J.
Cowley
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Michael J.
Cowley
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Abstract
Cp*Al reacts with diphenylacetylene to form a Cp*-substituted 1,4-dialuminacyclohexene. The dialuminacyclohexene reacts with four equivalents of an isonitrile to couple the terminal carbon atoms, forming 6 new carbon–carbon bonds and resulting in a zwitterionic diamide ligand which contains a carbocationic backbone.
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