Alkynes as activators in the nickel-catalysed addition of organoboronates to aldehydes.
Alkynes act not as substrates but as co-catalysts in the presence of a nickel catalyst, an organoboronate and an aldehyde to promote the addition reaction between the substrates in combination with H2O.
Takahashi
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Graduate School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Instittue of Science and Technology, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa, Japan.
Shirakawa
Eiji
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Tsuchimoto
Teruhisa
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Kawakami
Yusuke
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