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SUBMITTER: Greaves ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507766 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Greaves Megan E ME Ronson Thomas O TO Lloyd-Jones Guy C GC Maseras Feliu F Sproules Stephen S Nelson David J DJ
ACS catalysis 20200821 18
The mechanism of the reactions between dppf-Ni<sup>0</sup> complexes and alkyl halides has been investigated using kinetic and mechanistic experiments and DFT calculations. The active species is [Ni(κ<sup>2</sup>-dppf)(κ<sup>1</sup>-dppf)], which undergoes a halide abstraction reaction with alkyl halides and rapidly captures the alkyl radical that is formed. The rates of the reactions of [Ni(COD)(dppf)] with alkyl halides and the yields of prototypical nickel-catalyzed Kumada cross-coupling reac ...[more]