Borylation using group IV metallocene under mild conditions
•We developed a borylation reaction of diazonium salts.•Di(isopropyl)aminoborane is used as borylation agent.•Mechanism is thought to proceed through a radical pathway.•Zr- and Ti-centered metallocenes were the most efficient initiators.•Many boronates were obtained including with halide substitutio...
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Published in | Tetrahedron letters Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 1702 - 1705 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
OXFORD
Elsevier Ltd
05.03.2014
Elsevier |
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Summary: | •We developed a borylation reaction of diazonium salts.•Di(isopropyl)aminoborane is used as borylation agent.•Mechanism is thought to proceed through a radical pathway.•Zr- and Ti-centered metallocenes were the most efficient initiators.•Many boronates were obtained including with halide substitution.
A borylation reaction of aromatic diazonium salts has been optimized using titanocene and zirconocene derivatives as catalysts. The reaction employs diisopropylaminoborane as a borylating agent and proceeds smoothly at room temperature to provide arylboronates after methanolysis and transesterification with pinacol. The reaction mechanism has been found to proceed via a radical pathway. |
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ISSN: | 0040-4039 1873-3581 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.01.080 |