Exploiting the trifluoroethyl group as a precatalyst ligand in nickel-catalyzed Suzuki-type alkylations

• DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00554d
• Publication Date: 2019-04-17T05:34:12Z
• Authors: Yi Yang; Qinghai Zhou; Junjie Cai; Teng Xue; Yingle Liu; Yan Jiang; Yumei Su; Lungwa Chung; David A. Vicic
• Keywords: Chemistry; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A bis-trifluoroethyl coordinated nickel/bipyridine complex has been developed as efficient precatalyst for diverse Suzuki-type alkylations which features unconventional precatalyst initiation mode.