title: Nickel-catalyzed arylcyanation of alkynes.
abstract: A nickel catalyst coordinated by trimethylphosphine is found to effect the addition reaction of Ar-CN bonds in aromatic nitriles across alkynes to give rise to various beta-arylalkenenitriles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. nakao@npc05.kuic-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: Tamejiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiyama