title: A new aspect of nickel-catalyzed Grignard cross-coupling reactions: selective synthesis, structure, and catalytic behavior of a T-shape three-coordinate nickel(I) chloride bearing a bulky NHC ligand.
abstract: Novel T-shape three-coordinate nickel(I) chlorides bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, NiCl(IPr)(2) (IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene), were isolated by a reaction of Ni(0)(NHC)(2) with aryl chlorides. This Ni(I) complex was shown to act as a catalyst in a cross-coupling reaction of aryl halides with phenylmagnesium chloride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Taisuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kouki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubara