Deprotonating substituted cyclohexanecarbonitriles with TMPZnCl·LiCl affords zincated nitriles that diastereoselectively couple with aryl bromides in the presence of catalytic Pd(OAc)(2) and S-Phos. Steric and electronic effects influence the diastereoselectivity; 4-t-butyl-, 4-TBSO-, and 2-Me-cyclohexanecarbonitriles exert virtually complete diastereocontrol whereas modest diastereoselectivity is observed with 4-i-Pr-, 4-Me-, and 3-Me-cyclohexanecarbonitriles. The unusual diastereoselectivity trends should prove useful for synthesizing substituted cyclohexanecarbonitrile-containing pharmaceuticals.
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