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Nickel-promoted alkylative or arylative carboxylation of terminal alkynes v
ia a carbon dioxide fixation process was investigated. In the presence of a
stoichiometric amount of a zero-valent nickel complex, the reaction of alk
ynes with CO2 gave a nickelacycle, which was reacted with various organozin
c reagents under very mild conditions to provide beta,beta'-disubstituted,
alpha,beta -unsaturated carboxylic acids in a highly regio- and stereoselec
tive manner.