First-row d-block element-catalyzed carbon–boron bond formation and related processes

SK Bose, L Mao, L Kuehn, U Radius… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organoboron reagents represent a unique class of compounds because of their utility in
modern synthetic organic chemistry, often affording unprecedented reactivity. The …

Photoinduced borylation for the synthesis of organoboron compounds: focus review

YM Tian, XN Guo, H Braunschweig, U Radius… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organoboron compounds have important synthetic value and can be applied in numerous
transformations. The development of practical and convenient ways to synthesize boronate …

Methodologies and strategies for selective borylation of C–Het and C–C bonds

M Wang, Z Shi - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organoborons have emerged as versatile building blocks in organic synthesis to achieve
molecular diversity and as carboxylic acid bioisosteres with broad applicability in drug …

Metallomimetic chemistry of boron

MA Légaré, C Pranckevicius, H Braunschweig - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The study of main-group molecules that behave and react similarly to transition-metal (TM)
complexes has attracted significant interest in recent decades. Most notably, the attractive …

Metal‐Free Stereoconvergent C− H Borylation of Enamides

T Wang, ZJ Wang, M Wang, L Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enamides, functional derivatives of enamines, play a significant role as synthetic targets.
However, the stereoselective synthesis of these molecules has posed a longstanding …

Photoinduced Single‐Electron Transfer as an Enabling Principle in the Radical Borylation of Alkenes with NHC–Borane

PJ Xia, D Song, ZP Ye, YZ Hu, JA Xiao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A photoinduced SET process enables the direct B− H bond activation of NHC–boranes. In
contrast to common hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) strategies, this photoinduced reaction …

Highly tunable multi-borylation of gem-difluoroalkenes via copper catalysis

J Hu, Y Zhao, Z Shi - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Multi-borylated compounds are useful starting materials for the construction of complex
molecules. Although certain classes of multi-borylated compounds, such as geminal and 1 …

Emerging trends in C (sp3)–H borylation

J Hu, J Lv, Z Shi - Trends in Chemistry, 2022 - cell.com
C–H bond activation and functionalization has been the subject of intensive research efforts
in organic synthesis due to their special relevance both academically and industrially. In …

Selective Electroreductive Hydroboration of Olefins with B2pin2

C Guo, P Li, S Wang, N Liu, Q Bu… - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organoboron showed great potential in the synthesis of various high-value chemical
compounds. Direct hydroboration of olefins has been witnessed over time as a mainstream …

Introducing perylene as a new member to the azaborine family

T Kaehler, M Bolte, HW Lerner… - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Substitutional doping of perylene with two boron atoms at the 6b/12b positions and two
oxygen or nitrogen atoms at the 1/7 positions has been achieved. The modular synthesis …