Nickel/AlMe2Cl-catalysed carbocyanation of alkynes using arylacetonitriles

Akira Yada; Tomoya Yukawa; Yoshiaki Nakao; Tamejiro Hiyama

doi:10.1039/B907290J

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Nickel/AlMe₂Cl-catalysed carbocyanation of alkynes using arylacetonitriles†‡

Akira Yada,^a Tomoya Yukawa,^a Yoshiaki Nakao*^a and Tamejiro Hiyama*^a

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Abstract

Nickel/Lewis acid dual catalysis was found to effect the carbocyanation reaction of alkynes using arylacetonitriles, giving a range of triply substituted acrylonitriles; the reaction of optically active α-phenylpropionitrile suggested a reaction mechanism that involves oxidative addition of a C–CN bond with retention of its absolute configuration.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B907290J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 14 4 2009
Accepted: 05 5 2009
First published: 26 5 2009

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Chem. Commun., 2009, 3931-3933

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Nickel/AlMe₂Cl-catalysed carbocyanation of alkynes using arylacetonitriles

A. Yada, T. Yukawa, Y. Nakao and T. Hiyama, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3931 DOI: 10.1039/B907290J

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