Lewis acid additives such as aluminium can enable fascinating new reactivity in transition metal catalysts, but few catalytic intermediates have been characterised. Now, a nickel-aluminium pincer complex offers new mechanistic insight into transmetalation, and new potential for reactivity.

中文翻译：

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镍铝钳形配合物发生协同键活化

铝等路易斯酸添加剂可以在过渡金属催化剂中实现引人入胜的新反应性，但很少有催化中间体被表征。现在，镍铝钳络合物提供了对金属转移的新机制洞察，以及新的反应潜力。