Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 48(12), p. 15908-15915, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05113j
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d–d excitations can accelerate C–S reductive eliminations of nickelacycles via intersystem crossing to a repulsive 3(C-to-Ni charge transfer) state inducing Ni–C bond homolysis. This homolytic photoreactivity is common for organonickel(ii) complexes.