The Ni/NHC-catalyzed rearrangement of cyclopropylen-ynes is described. Two different heterocycles, cyclopentane- or cycloheptene-based, were obtained. However, by employing ItBu as the NHC ligand, cyclopentane products were obtained selectively under mild conditions.
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