Vicinal Diboration of Alkyl Bromides via Tandem Catalysis

Org Lett. 2019 Jun 7;21(11):4298-4302. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01481. Epub 2019 May 23.

Abstract

Vicinal diboration of alkyl bromides via tandem catalysis is reported. The reported reaction exhibits a broad substrate scope, good functional group compatibility, and regioselectivity. Moreover, it shows good practicality due to the easy accessibility of alkyl bromides in combination with diverse transformations of diboronates. Mechanism study indicates that terminal alkenes are generated selectively through nickel-catalyzed dehydrohalogenation of alkyl bromides followed by base/MeOH promoted diboration process to provide 1,2-diboration products.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't