Carbon-carbon vs. carbon-oxygen bond activation in 2- and 3-furonitriles with nickelElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Includes selected NMR spectra, GC-MS determinations of all products and crystallographic tables. The crystallographic material for compounds 7 and 11 has been deposited at the CCDC 1497182 and 1497183 respectively. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c6ra20244f

• Main Authors: García-Ventura, Ilnett, Flores-Alamo, Marcos, García, Juventino J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2016

The reaction between [(dippe)NiH] 2 ( 1 ) (dippe = 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)-ethane) and 2- and 3-furonitrile ( 2-FN and 3-FN ) was carried out at room temperature. Both furonitriles initially react with H 2 loss and coordinating a [Ni(dippe)] fragment to the nitrile substituent in a η 2 -C&...