Simplifying nickel (0) catalysis: an air-stable nickel precatalyst for the internally selective benzylation of terminal alkenes

EA Standley, TF Jamison

Index: Standley, Eric A.; Jamison, Timothy F. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 4 p. 1585 - 1592

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Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of the air-stable nickel (II) complex trans-(PCy2Ph) 2Ni (o- tolyl) Cl is described in conjunction with an investigation of its use for the Mizoroki–Heck- type, room temperature, internally selective coupling of substituted benzyl chlorides with terminal alkenes. This reaction, which employs a terminal alkene as an alkenylmetal equivalent, provides rapid, convergent access to substituted allylbenzene derivatives in ...