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86. Yang Z, Liu D, Liu Y, Sugiya M, Imamoto T, Zhang W (2015) Synthesis and structural
characterization of nickel complexes possessing P-stereogenic pincer scaffolds and their
application in asymmetric Aza-Michael reactions. Organometallics 34:1228–1237
87. Perdriau S, Zijlstra DS, Heeres HJ, de Vries JG, Otten E (2015) A metal-ligand cooperative
pathway for intermolecular oxa-Michael additions to unsaturated nitriles. Angew Chem Int Ed
54:4236–4240
88. Guo B, Zijlstra DS, de Vries JG, Otten E (2018) Oxa-Michael addition to alpha,betaunsaturated nitriles: an expedient route to gamma-amino alcohols and derivatives.
ChemCatChem 10:2868–2872
89. Tang S, Milstein D (2019) Template catalysis by manganese pincer complexes: oxa- and
aza-Michael additions to unsaturated nitriles. Chem Sci 10:8990–8994
90. Borau-Garcia J, Gutsulyak DV, Burford RJ, Piers WE (2015) Selective hydration of nitriles to
amides catalysed by PCP pincer supported nickel(II) complexes. Dalton Trans
44:12082–12085
91. Yao C, Chakraborty P, Aresu E, Li H, Guan C, Zhou C, Liang LC, Huang KW (2018)
Monomeric nickel hydroxide stabilized by a sterically demanding phosphorus-nitrogen PN(3)
P-pincer ligand: synthesis, reactivity and catalysis. Dalton Trans 47:16057–16065
92. Anderson NH, Boncella JM, Tondreau AM (2018) Investigation of nitrile hydration chemistry
by two transition metal hydroxide complexes: Mn–OH and Ni–OH nitrile insertion chemistry.
Organometallics 37:4675–4684
93. Guo B, de Vries JG, Otten E (2019) Hydration of nitriles using a metal–ligand cooperative
ruthenium pincer catalyst. Chem Sci 10:10647–10652
94. Vabre B, Canac Y, Lepetit C, Duhayon C, Chauvin R, Zargarian D (2015) Charge effects in
PCP pincer complexes of Ni(II) bearing phosphinite and imidazol(i)ophosphine coordinating
jaws: from synthesis to catalysis through bonding analysis. Chem Eur J 21:17403–17414
95. Rozenel SS, Kerr JB, Arnold J (2011) Metal complexes of Co, Ni and Cu with the pincer
ligand HN(CH 2 CH 2 PiPr 2 ) 2 : preparation, characterization and electrochemistry. Dalton Trans
40:10397–10405
96. Gunanathan C, Milstein D (2013) Applications of acceptorless dehydrogenation and related
transformations in chemical synthesis. Science 341:1229712
97. Maji M, Chakrabarti K, Paul B, Roy BC, Kundu S (2018) Ruthenium(II)-NNN-pincercomplex-catalyzed reactions between various alcohols and amines for sustainable CÀN and
CÀC bond formation. Adv Synth Catal 360:722–729
98. Shee S, Ganguli K, Jana K, Kundu S (2018) Cobalt complex catalyzed atom-economical
synthesis of quinoxaline, quinoline and 2-alkylaminoquinoline derivatives. Chem Commun
54:6883–6886
99. Das K, Mondal A, Pal D, Srimani D (2019) Sustainable synthesis of quinazoline and
2-aminoquinoline via dehydrogenative coupling of 2-aminobenzyl alcohol and nitrile catalyzed by phosphine-free manganese pincer complex. Org Lett 21:3223–3227
100. Milosevic S, Togni A (2013) Enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic
azomethine imines to unsaturated nitriles catalyzed by Ni
II
-pigiphos. J Org Chem
78:9638–9646
Catalytic Conversion of Nitriles by Metal Pincer Complexes
377