Chemical Communications

O-Dihaloarenes as aryne precursors for nickel-catalyzed [2+ 2+ 2] cycloaddition with alkynes and nitriles

JC Hsieh, CH Cheng

Index: Hsieh, Jen-Chieh; Cheng, Chien-Hong Chemical Communications, 2008 , # 26 p. 2992 - 2994

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

o-Dihaloarenes acting as aryne precursors react with acetylenes and nitriles catalyzed by the NiBr2 (dppe)/dppe/Zn system to give substituted naphthalene, phenanthridine or triphenylene derivatives depending on the reaction conditions in moderate to excellent yields with good tolerance of functional groups.