Recent advances and prospects in the nickel- catalyzed cyanation

Transition metal catalyzed cyanation reactions show rapid advances in modern organic synthesis. Nitrile compounds act as precursors for other functional groups such as amines, aldehydes, amides, acids and so on. Nickel, an inexpensive, abundant and highly efficient metal, is also widely used in the activation of C–CN bonds replacing toxic and expensive 4d and 5d transition metals. This review focuses on the recent advances in nickel-catalyzed...