Migratory Deinsertion of a Carbonyl Group

The migratory deinsertion process is important in the context of the transition metal-catalyzed or -mediated extrusion of the carbonyl group from aldehydes, ketones, and acid derivatives [70]. For example, treatment of aldehydes with a rhodium complex induced decarbonylation through oxidative addition of the 

This activation process is also extended to various catalytic substitution reactions of nitriles (Chapter 6). 

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