diynes catalyzed by Ni0 to provide hexasubstituted benzenes (HSBs). HSBs have significant
applications as functional materials and pharmaceuticals. The present protocol exhibited
remarkable versatility, transforming 1, 3-diynes with diverse alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic
groups to the corresponding HSBs. With the help of control experiments and density
functional theory (DFT), the mechanism of the reaction and the origin of regioselectivity were …