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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 4.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Jan 20;50(9):2171–2173. doi: 10.1002/anie.201007325

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Synthesis of linezolid (4) using Ni-catalyzed amination. SIPr·HCl=1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolinium chloride, [Ni-(cod)2]=bis(1,5-cycloactadiene)nickel(0), NIS=N-iodosuccinimide, TFA=trifluoroacetic acid.