Ligand-Controlled Switchable Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling of Nitriles with Aryl Triflates: Divergent Synthesis of Ketones and Diarylmethanes

Key Points

• The aim is to develop a new nickel-catalyzed method for synthesizing two classes of molecules from the same reagents.
• Ligand-controlled nickel-catalyzed reaction
• Coupling of nitriles with aryl triflates
• Divergent synthesis techniques
• Successful synthesis of both ketones and diarylmethanes
• Utilization of identical starting materials for different products
• Demonstration of flexibility in reaction conditions