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Direct synthesis of arylketones by nickel-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to nitriles

YC Wong, K Parthasarathy, CH Cheng

Index: Wong, Ying-Chieh; Parthasarathy, Kanniyappan; Cheng, Chien-Hong Organic Letters, 2010 , vol. 12, # 8 p. 1736 - 1739

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Abstract

A convenient and efficient method for the synthesis of various arylketones by nickel- catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to nitriles is described. A catalytic cycle involving Ni (II) species as the catalytic intermediates is proposed to account for the present catalytic reaction.