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Highly Active Nickel Catalysts for the Isomerization of Unactivated Vinyl Cyclopropanes to Cyclopentenes
Author(s) -
Zuo Gang,
Louie Janis
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200353469
Subject(s) - isomerization , catalysis , carbene , chemistry , nickel , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry
Inflatable rings : Low‐valent Ni 0 –nitrogen‐heterocyclic carbene catalysts were found to isomerize activated and unactivated vinyl cyclopropanes to their respective substituted cyclopentenes under mild conditions and in high yields (see scheme, cod=cycloocta‐1,5‐diene).