Acknowledgment. The financial support of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Grant 84-0008 is gratefully acknowledged. ... Organonlckel Cyanide Chemistry. Reactlons of [(PhePh)NlfCN),]2-. An Improved Synthesls of ... Renato del Rosarlo and Louls S. Stuhl" Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 ... Summary: The reactions of (K.18-crown-6),[(q2-PhC= CPh)NYCN),] (1) with CO, P(OMe),, alkynes, and a-bro- ...