Ni-catalyzed hydroarylation of alkynes with unactivated β-C(sp2)−H bonds

Directed activation of C–H bonds usually occurs through 5-membered metallacycles, which poses limitations of regiochemistry. Herein, the authors use a phosphine oxide-ligated Ni−Al bimetallic catalyst to enable β-C−H bond-involved hydroarylations of alkynes via a rare 7-membered nickelacycle.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shao-Long Qi, Yu-Peng Liu, Yi Li, Yu-Xin Luan, Mengchun Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30367-8