title: Nickel/AlMe(2)Cl-catalysed carbocyanation of alkynes using arylacetonitriles.
abstract: Nickel/Lewis acid dual catalysis was found to effect the carbocyanation reaction of alkynes using arylacetonitriles, giving a range of triply substituted acrylonitriles; the reaction of optically active alpha-phenylpropionitrile suggested a reaction mechanism that involves oxidative addition of a C-CN bond with retention of its absolute configuration.
authors: Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Yada
authors: Tomoya
authors: T
authors: Yukawa
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Nakao
authors: Tamejiro
authors: T
authors: Hiyama