Facile cleavage of a CC bond in a dinuclear nickel complex

Christophe J. C. Lawrie, Heidi E. Dankosh, Barry K. Carpenter

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · 1991 · 12 citations · 3 references

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Facile CC cleavage is demonstrated to occur upon treatment of {(depe)NiBr}2(μ-Z,Z-PhCCHCHCPh) with TlPF6. The implications of this reaction for the Reppe cyclotetramerization of alkynes are discussed.

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