Perez-Garcia, Pablo M.Franco, DiClément, ThomasOrsino, AlessionRen, PengHu, Xile2012-08-292012-08-292012-08-29201210.1021/ol302067bhttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/85158WOS:000307526900064A nickel pincer complex is found to catalyze alkyl–alkyl Kumada coupling reactions of 1,3- and 1,4-substituted cyclohexyl halides and tetrahydropyrans with an excellent diastereoselectivity. The mechanistic investigation of the coupling reactions provides evidence that the activation of alkyl halides is reversible.text::journal::journal article::research article