The chemistry of electrogenerated transition metals species-the insertion of olefins into a nickel carbon bond

KP Healy, D Pletcher

Index: Healy,K.P.; Pletcher,D. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1978 , vol. 161, p. 109 - 120

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Abstract

Abstract The nickel (1) complex, Ni (teta)+, formed by cathodic reduction of the corresponding nickel (11) complex, reacts rapidly with alkyl bromides to form an unstable intermediate containing a nickel carbon bond. When the electrolysis medium also contains an activated olefin an insertion reaction occurs. The new metal carbon bond is cleaved by further reduction and overall the reduction of Ni (teta) 2+ in the presence of RBr and CH 2 ...