Hydrocarbons direct borylations

Direct borylation of hydrocarbons catalyzed by a transition metal complex has been extensively studied by several groups and has become an economical, efficient, elegant, and environmentally benign protocol for the synthesis of a variety of organoboron compounds. The Rh-, Ir-, Re-, and Pd-catalyzed C-/H borylation of alkanes, arenes, and benzylic positions... 

Simultaneous C-H activation and functionalization of hydrocarbons allows abundant, inert hydrocarbons to serve as direct feedstocks for functionahzed compounds [50]. The versatility of organoboron compounds in organic synthesis makes the borylation of hydrocarbons an attractive goal [20, 25-27]. 

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