1 The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK. hon.lam@nottingham.ac.uk and School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
2 School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed reactions of (hetero)arylboronic acids or alkenylboronic acids with substrates containing an alkyne tethered to various acyclic electron-deficient alkenes are described.