Diboration/oxidation

Use of bis(catecholato)diboron (2.178) in the rhodium-catalysed hydroboration results in enantioselective diboration and a number of simple trans-alkenes such as trans- 3-methylstyrene (2.179) are converted into the 1,2-diol in high ee by diboration/oxidation using (nbd)Rh(acac) in combination with (S)-QUINAP (2.169) as catalyst. 

The Ir complexes 83 or [lr(lMes)Cl2Cp ], in the presence of NaOAc and excess of (Bcat), catalyse the diboration of styrene, at high conversions and selectivities for the diborated species, under mild conditions. Other terminal alkenes react similarly. The base is believed to assist the heterolytic cleavage of the (cat)B-B(cat) bond and the formation of Ir-B(cat) species, without the need of B-B oxidative addition [66]. 

The complexes [Cu(NHC)(MeCN)][BF ], NHC = IPr, SIPr, IMes, catalyse the diboration of styrene with (Bcat) in high conversions (5 mol%, THF, rt or reflux). The (BcaO /styrene ratio has also an important effect on chemoselectivity (mono-versus di-substituted borylated species). Use of equimolecular ratios or excess of BCcat) results in the diborylated product, while higher alkene B(cat)j ratios lead selectively to mono-borylated species. Alkynes (phenylacetylene, diphenylacety-lene) are converted selectively (90-95%) to the c/x-di-borylated products under the same conditions. The mechanism of the reaction possibly involves a-bond metathetical reactions, but no oxidative addition at the copper. This mechanistic model was supported by DFT calculations [68]. 

Magnesium diborate Magnesium perborate Boron oxide Titanium diboride Boron carbide... 

Miyaura and co-workers reported the platinum-catalyzed diboration of allenes with bis(pinacolato)diboron (Scheme 16.52) [57]. The catalytic cycle involves a sequence of oxidative addition of bis(pinacolato)diboron to Pt(0), insertion of an allene into the B-Pt bond and reductive elimination of an allylic boronate, re-producing the Pt(0) species. (Z)-Allylic boronates are formed stereoselectively in the reaction with monosubstituted allenes, which strongly suggests a pathway via a vinylplatinum species rather than a Jt-allylplatinum species. 

For the diboration reactions of alkynes catalyzed by Pt(0) complexes, the reaction mechanism involves the oxidative addition of diborane to the Pt(0) center, followed by the insertion of alkyne into the Pt-B bond and reductive... 

The catalytic asymmetric diboration of allenes provides a-substituted 2-boronyl allylic boronates of type 25 (see Eq. 32). One of them, 91, adds to ben-zaldehyde, albeit with a slight erosion of stereoselectivity (Eq. 65). The major P-hydroxy ketone stereoisomer, isolated after an oxidative work-up, originates from the putative chairlike transition structure 92. 

The rhodium-catalysed reaction between simple alkenes (50) and bis(catecholato) diboron (51) has been reported to result in the syn addition of the diboron across the alkene. The l,2-bis(boronate) thus obtained was subsequently oxidized to provide the corresponding 1,2-diol (52). In the presence of QUINAP ligand, high enantioselection in the diboration was attained. The reaction was found to be highly selective for trans- and trisubstituted alkenes and can also be selective for some monosubstituted alkenes.59... 

The diboration of allenes afforded another series of allylboron compounds that each have a boryl group at the vinyl carbon. The addition had a strong tendency to occur at the internal double bond of terminal allenes such as 1,2-heptadiene (Equation (33)).237 However, steric hindrance in both allenes and phosphine ligands forced the addition toward the terminal double bond of dimethylallene (Equation (34)).237 On the other hand, addition to the terminal double bond occurred selectively for both monosubstituted and 1,1-disubstituted allenes when Pd(dba)2 was used in the presence of a co-catalyst (RI) such as I2, Arl, and iodoalkenes (Equation (35)).238 The role of co-catalyst was attributed to in situ formation of I-Bpin intermediate, which undergoes oxidative addition and insertion leading to 2-boryl-7r-allylpalladium intermediate. 

To prepare alcohols by the oxidation of alkyl boranes, borane, dibor-ane, alkyl and dialkyl boranes, and dialkoxy boranes are added to alkenes or alkynes. The addition takes place in the anti-Markovnikov mode because boron is more electrophilic than hydrogen. 

The formation of B4 proceeds till a maximum of 50 % B3 are converted into B4. When the modifier concentration increases further, the concentration of B4 decreases rapidly. The composition in which B3and B4 are equal is the diborate composition, and the corresponding mole fraction of the alkali oxide is 0.33. In Figure 12.11, the variation of... 

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