Effect of the bite angle of diphosphine ligands on activity and selectivity in the nickel-catalysed hydrocyanation of styrene

1 January 1995

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 21,p. 2177-2178
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39950002177

Abstract

The application of diphosphines with large bite angles (β_n= 101-109°) in nickel catalysts leads to successful, regioselective hydrocyanation of styrene.

Keywords

REGIOSELECTIVE
CATALYSED
BITE ANGLES
ANGLE OF DIPHOSPHINE
DIPHOSPHINES
STYRENE
NICKEL
HYDROCYANATION

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