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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Mar 25;133(15):5626–5628. doi: 10.1021/ja110492p

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

(1) Proposed MCR mechanism involving a Ni(III)-methyl intermediate. (2) Generation of a Ni(III)-methyl species using methyl iodide. The resting Ni(I) state is circled with a dashed line. For clarity the axial glutamine residue has been excluded