Synthesis of Five‐ and Six‐Membered Benzocyclic Ketones through Intramolecular Alkene Hydroacylation Catalyzed by Nickel(0)/N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes

Abstract

Getting some closure: Mechanistic studies supported the participation of an oxanickelacycle complex in the hydroacylation step of the title reaction, which proceeds without decarbonylation even in the absence of well-known chelation assistance by heteroatoms. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.