Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Vinyl Bromides with Unactivated­ Alkyl Halides

The use of pyridine as the sole ligand for the reductive vinylation of unactivated secondary alkyl halides under Ni-catalyzed conditions has been developed. Both alkyl- and aryl-substituted vinyl bromides are suitable, in which alkyl-decorated α-alkenyl bromides resulted in the α-products in good results.