Medina Afandiyeva, Xijue Wu, William W. Brennessel, Abhishek A. Kadam and C. Rose Kennedy
Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 13450-13453
DOI:
10.1039/D3CC04229D,
Communication
Herein, we describe nickel-catalyzed nitrile hydroboration with pinacolborane, wherein a tethered NHC–pyridonate ligand enables efficient catalysis (5 mol% [Ni], ≤6 h reaction time) at room temperature. Mechanistic studies, including isolation of the catalytically relevant intermediates, shed light on the cooperative role of the ligand in activating both reagents simultaneously.
