Bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0) is used as a catalyst for the cycloaddition of 1,3-dienes and is used to catalyze the addition of allyl phenyl sulfide to alkynes leading to 1,4-dienes. Also, it is involved as a catalyst for asymmetric alpha-arylation and heteroarylation of ketones with chloroarenes, stereoselective borylative ketone-diene coupling, cycloaddition of benzamides with internal alkynes and methyl carboxylation of homopropargylic alcohols.

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