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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" lang="en_US">Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 2019</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en_US">[color illustrations] We introduce a new class of bench-stable N-heterocyclic carbene nickel precatalysts for homogeneous nickel-catalysis. The nickel(II) complexes are readily activated to Ni⁰ in situ under mild conditions, via a proposed Heck-type mechanism. The precatalysts are able to facilitate carbonyl-ene, hydroalkenylation, and amination reactions. [color illustrations] Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a new class of air- and moisture-stable triphenylphosphine nickel(II) precatalysts, which activate through a Heck-type mechanism. The activity of these precatalysts is demonstrated with a carbonyl-ene coupling reaction.</dim:field>
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   	&lt;Abstract>[color illustrations] We introduce a new class of bench-stable N-heterocyclic carbene nickel precatalysts for homogeneous nickel-catalysis. The nickel(II) complexes are readily activated to Ni⁰ in situ under mild conditions, via a proposed Heck-type mechanism. The precatalysts are able to facilitate carbonyl-ene, hydroalkenylation, and amination reactions. [color illustrations] Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a new class of air- and moisture-stable triphenylphosphine nickel(II) precatalysts, which activate through a Heck-type mechanism. The activity of these precatalysts is demonstrated with a carbonyl-ene coupling reaction.&lt;/Abstract>
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