Ni(II)- AND Co(II)-PHOSPHINE COMPLEX CATALYZED CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION BETWEEN ORGANIC TELLURIDES AND GRIGNARD REAGENTS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)87054-9

Treatment of alkenyl and aryl tellurides with Grignard reagents in the presence of NiCl2(PPh3)2, NiCl2(Ph2PCH2CH2CH2PPh2), or CoCl2(PPh3)2 as catalyst affords the cross-coupling products together with the homo-coupling products of the tellurides in good to moderate yields under mild conditions.