Nickel(0)-catalyzed divergent reactions of silacyclobutanes with internal alkynes

Abstract

Transition metal-catalyzed reactions of silacyclobutanes to access structurally diverse organosilicon compounds have attracted attention in recent years. Here, the authors show nickel-catalysed, ligand-controlled chemodivergent reactions of these compounds with alkynes to (benzo)silacyclohexenes and allyl vinylsilane.