Elucidating Electron Transfer Events in Nickel Complexes with Dr. Craig Day

In this Research Spotlight episode, Dr. Craig Day joins us to share his mechanistic work on electron transfer events with polypyridine nickel complexes for reductive coupling reactions. Key reference: Nat. Catal. 2023, 6 (3), 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-00... Additional references (in order of appearance): For reviews on nickel-catalyzed reactions see: (a) Nature 2014, 509, 299–309. (b) Nat. Rev. Chem. 2017, 1, 17–25. (c) Trends Chem. 2019, 1, 830–844. For catalytic reactions see: (a) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (23), 6558-6562. (b) Org. Lett. 2018, 20 (7), 1880-1883. (c) Nature 2022, 606 (7913), 313-318. For studies on comproportionation and disproportionation: (a) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1964, 3 (9), 648. (b) Chem. Commun. 1967, (5), 228-228. (c) Organometallics 2018, 37 (9), 1392-1399. For studies on comproportionation and disproportionation: (a) Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44 (11), 3774-3776. (b) ACS Catal. 2018, 8 (3), 2526-2533. (c) Inorg. Chem. 1976, 15 (1), 208-212. For formation of higher order species and Ni-ate complexes see: J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 1967, 29 (4), 1047-1068. For catalytic reactions see: (a) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (23), 6558-6562. (b) Nat. Commun. 2019, 10 (1), 1752. (c) Org. Lett. 2018, 20 (7), 1880-1883. For reaction conditions : KOPiv (3 equiv), PhMe, 16 h, r.t.; PhCO2K (2 equiv), THF, 16 h, r.t; NaOPh (3 equiv), PhMe, 16 h, r.t. For catalytic reaction see: (a) ACS Catal. 2018, 8 (1), 310-313. (b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (23), 6558-6562.