Nickel‐Catalyzed Carboxylation of Benzylic C−N Bonds with CO₂

Abstract

Abstract A user‐friendly Ni‐catalyzed reductive carboxylation of benzylic C−N bonds with CO 2 is described. This procedure outperforms state‐of‐the‐art techniques for the carboxylation of benzyl electrophiles by avoiding commonly observed parasitic pathways, such as homodimerization or β‐hydride elimination, thus leading to new knowledge in cross‐electrophile reactions.