Nickel-catalysed addition of organoboronates to 1,3-dienes.
Aryl- and alkenylboronates were found to add to 1,3-dienes in the presence of a catalytic amount of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel, where a proton source in combination with a solvent considerably controls the regioselectivity.
Shirakawa
Eiji
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Graduate School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan. shira@jaist.ac.jp
Takahashi
Go
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Tsuchimoto
Teruhisa
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Kawakami
Yusuke
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