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Synfacts 2009(10): 1131-1131  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217917
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Lewis Acid Activated Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrovinylation

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Zhi Li
N. Lassauque, G. Franciò, W. Leitner*
RWTH Aachen and Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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22 September 2009 (online)

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Significance

Lewis acids are able to activate a nickel catalyst for olefin hydrovinylation reaction by abstraction of the halide anion of the neutral nickel complex. The authors screened a series of Lewis acids and found InI3 to be the most effective activator for this reaction.