Direct Synthesis of Arylketones by Nickel-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Nitriles

作者:Wong Ying Chieh; Parthasarathy Kanniyappan; Cheng Chien Hong*
来源:Organic Letters, 2010, 12(8): 1736-1739.
DOI:10.1021/ol1003252

摘要

A convenient and efficient method for the synthesis of various arylketones by nickel-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to nitriles is described. A catalytic cycle involving Ni(II) species as the catalytic intermediates is proposed to account for the present catalytic reaction.