Table 2. Oxidation of (^RN4)Ni^II(cycloneophyl) with various oxidants in MeCN.

Complex	Yield a (%)
	PhI(OAc)2	NFTPT	TDTT	XeF2
1	4; 22	17; 39	7; 19	20; 40
2	24; 13	32; 27	33; 15	50; 16
3	42; 10	96; 4	42; 9	99; 1
4	ND b	14; 44	6; 9	ND b

^aReaction conditions: MeCN, 70 °C, 14 h. Yields (%) were determined by GC-FID vs. 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene as internal standard. The first yield shown is for 1,1-dimethylbenzocyclobutene, while the second yield is for is tert-butylbenzene.

^bNot determined.