Carbon—Carbon Formation via Ni‐Catalyzed Suzuki—Miyaura Coupling Through C—CN Bond Cleavage of Aryl Nitrile.

The Suzuki−Miyaura coupling of aryl nitriles with aryl/alkenyl boronic esters is reported. With this method, the cyano group could be applied as a protecting group of arenes and finally as a leaving group to further construct polyaryl scaffolds.