Several new cyclopentadienylnickel complexes were synthesized and characterized. All the complexes exhibited catalytic activity in Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction with conversion rates from 10 to 80% and very high selectivity. The catalytic activity of the complexes strongly depended on their composition and structure. It was shown that ionic complexes are better catalysts than their covalent analogues; increased electron density in the cyclopentadienyl ligand improved their catalytic activity; bromide complexes provided better results than chloride ones.

Two CpNi(NHC)Cl complexes were tested as initiators in the oligomerization of ethyl acetate carbene confirming our earlier observation that N-heterocyclic carbene from the catalyst precursor was incorporated into the oligomer chain.

合成并表征了几种新的环戊二烯基镍配合物。所有的配合物在铃木-宫浦交叉偶联反应中均表现出催化活性，转化率在10％至80％之间，并且具有很高的选择性。配合物的催化活性强烈取决于其组成和结构。结果表明，离子配合物比它们的共价类似物更好。环戊二烯基配体中电子密度的增加改善了它们的催化活性；溴化物配合物比氯化物提供更好的结果。

在乙酸乙酯卡宾的低聚反应中，测试了两种CpNi（NHC）Cl络合物作为引发剂，从而证实了我们较早的观察结果，即来自催化剂前体的N-杂环卡宾被并入了低聚物链中。