title: Nickel-catalyzed synthesis of (E)-olefins from benzylic alcohol derivatives and arylacetonitriles via C-O activation.
abstract: An efficient Ni-catalyzed synthesis of (E)-olefins using the readily available benzylic alcohol derivatives and arylacetonitriles is described. This transformation should proceed via a tandem process involving nickel-catalyzed cross coupling via C-O activation and subsequent stereoselective E2 elimination.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China. chentieqiao@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China. chentieqiao@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China. chentieqiao@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Tieqiao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. libiao-han@aist.go.jp.
authors.forename: Li-Biao
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Han