Nickel Catalyzed Intermolecular Carbonyl Addition of Aryl Halide
In this study, we develop a nickel-catalyzed carbonyl arylation reaction employing aldehydes with aryl and allyl halides. Various aryl, α,β-unsaturated aldehyde and aliphatic aldehydes can be converted into their corresponding secondary alcohols in moderate-to-high yields. In addition, we extended this approach to develop an asymmetric reductive coupling reaction that combines nickel salts with chiral bisoxazoline ligands to give secondary alcohols with moderate enantioselectivity.