Recent advances in asymmetric borylation by transition metal catalysis

J Hu, M Ferger, Z Shi, TB Marder - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chiral organoboronates have played a critical role in organic chemistry and in the
development of materials science and pharmaceuticals. Much effort has been devoted to …

Earth-abundant transition metal catalysts for alkene hydrosilylation and hydroboration

JV Obligacion, PJ Chirik - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
The addition of X3Si–H or X2B–H (X= H, OR or R) across a C–C multiple bond is a well-
established method for incorporating silane or borane groups, respectively, into …

Further developments and applications of oxazoline-containing ligands in asymmetric catalysis

R Connon, B Roche, BV Rokade, PJ Guiry - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The chiral oxazoline motif is present in many ligands that have been extensively applied in a
series of important metal-catalyzed enantioselective reactions. This Review aims to provide …

Site-selective Ni-catalyzed reductive coupling of α-haloboranes with unactivated olefins

SZ Sun, M Borjesson, R Martin-Montero… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A mild, chemo-and site-selective catalytic protocol that allows for incorporating an alkylboron
fragment into unactivated olefins is described. The use of internal olefins enables C–C bond …

Direct synthesis of multi (boronate) esters from alkenes and alkynes via hydroboration and boration reactions

X Wang, Y Wang, W Huang, C Xia, L Wu - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Multi (boronate) esters have been attracting increasing attention as versatile building blocks
for the succinct and precise synthesis of complex molecules. However, there are a limited …

Convergent Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarbonyl Z-Alkenes through Three-Component Coupling of Alkynes, α-Diazo Sulfonium Triflate, and Water

X Wang, WY Tong, B Huang, S Cao, Y Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report a general protocol for the convergent synthesis of 1, 4-dicarbonyl Z-alkenes form
alkynes using α-diazo sulfonium triflate and water. The C═ O, C═ C, and C–H bonds are …

Aluminum-catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes

A Bismuto, MJ Cowley, SP Thomas - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
The aluminum-catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes with HBpin is reported using simple
commercially available aluminum hydride precatalysts [LiAlH4 or sodium bis (2 …

Copper-catalyzed coupling of alkyl vicinal bis (boronic esters) to an array of electrophiles

N Xu, Z Kong, JZ Wang, GJ Lovinger… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A neighboring boronate group in the substrate provides a dramatic rate acceleration in
transmetalation to copper and thereby enables organoboronic esters to participate in …

Saturated boronic acids, boronates, and trifluoroborates: an update on their synthetic and medicinal chemistry

DM Volochnyuk, AO Gorlova… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses recent advances in the chemistry of saturated boronic acids,
boronates, and trifluoroborates. Applications of the title compounds in the design of boron …

Asymmetric remote CH borylation of internal alkenes via alkene isomerization

X Chen, Z Cheng, J Guo, Z Lu - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
Recent years have witnessed the growing interest in the remote functionalization of alkenes
for it offers a strategy to activate the challenging C–H bonds distant from the initiation point …