Hydroboration metal complexes, catalysis

A review8 with more than 186 references discusses the synthesis of Rh and Pd complexes with optically active P,N-bidentate ligands and their applications in homogeneous asymmetric catalysis. The effect of the nature of the P,N-bidentate compounds on the structure of the metal complexes and on enantioselectivity in catalysis was examined. Allylic substitution, cross-coup-ling, hydroboration and hydrosilylation catalyzed by Rh or Pd complexes with optically active P,N-bidentate ligands are considered. 

The catalysis of olefin hydroboration by early transition metal complexes, e.g., titanium- and lanthanide-complexes, has also attracted considerable interest in recent years [14-17]. These catalytic systems show different... 

Ammonia N-donor Ligands Asymmetric Synthesis by Homogeneous Catalysis Decarbonylation Catalysis Hydride Complexes of the Transition Metals Hydroboration Catalysis Hydrogenation Isomerization of Alkenes Hydrosilation Catalysis P-donor Ligands Rhodium Organometallic Chemistry. 

In 1985, Manning and N6th first reported the hydroboration of alkenes catalyzed by Wilkinson s catalystJ Since this pioneering work, the development of transition-metal-catalyzed hydroboration has been investigated extensively. Burgess and Ohlmeyer demonstrated asymmetric catalysis with the use of BINAP and Diop-derived Rh-catalysts. Hayashi et al. later reported improvement of the enantioselectivity for the hydroboration of styrenes using Rh-BINAP complexes (up to 96% ee at -78 Other catalyst systems have also been shown to be effective... 

Early transition metal and lanthanide complexes also catalyze the hydroboration of alkenes. As shown in Equation 16.44, titanocene complexes catalyze the hydroboration of vinylarenes, and as shown in Equation 16.45, lanthanocene complexes catalyze the hydroboration of alkenes. Ligand-less lanthanides and zirconocene complexes have also been reported to catalyze these reactions, but the apparent catalysis of the hydroboration in these cases more likely occurs by catalytic generation of BH3 from catecholborane and uncatalyzed addition of BHj to the olefin. 

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