Al. Monteiro et al., SYNTHESIS OF 3-ARYL-1-BUTENES BY THE NICKEL-CATALYZED HYDROVINYLATIONOF STYRENE DERIVATIVES, Tetrahedron letters, 37(8), 1996, pp. 1157-1160
The synthesis of 3-aryl-1-butenes is performed by hydrovinylation of s
tyrene and alkyl-substitnted styrenes catalyzed by [Ni(MeCN)(6)][BF4](
2)/Et(2)AICl/PPh(3) under mild conditions with very good activities an
d selectivities.