Organoborane additives

Scheme 15 Organoborane additives used for the control of cold flow in Nd-BR (Ri, R2, R3 = alkyl groups with 1-5 C-atoms R4 = alkoxy or alkyl groups with 1-5 C-atoms) [441, 442]...

BINOL Catalyzed Asymmetric Organoborane Addition Reactions. 170... 

Organoboranes are reactive compounds for cross-coupling[277]. The synthesis of humulene (83) by the intramolecular cross-coupling of allylic bromide with alkenylborane is an example[278]. The reaction of vinyiborane with vinyl-oxirane (425) affords the homoallylic alcohol 426 by 1,2-addition as main products and the allylic alcohol 427 by 1,4-addition as a minor product[279]. Two phenyl groups in sodium tetraphenylborate (428) are used for the coupling with allylic acetate[280] or allyl chloride[33,28l]. 

Organoboranes react with propargylic carbonates. Usually, addition of a base is essential for the Pd-catalyzed reactions of organoboranes, but the reaction with propargylic carbonates proceeds without addition of the base, because methoxide is generated in situ from carbonates. For example, the 1,2,4-triene 80 is prepared by the reaction of alkenylborane under neutral conditions[36]. 

Hydroboration-oxidation (Sections 6 11-6 13) This two step sequence achieves hydration of alkenes in a ste reospecific syn manner with a regiose lectivity opposite to Markovnikov s rule An organoborane is formed by electro philic addition of diborane to an alkene Oxidation of the organoborane inter mediate with hydrogen peroxide com pletes the process Rearrangements do not occur... 

Hydroboration is the addition of a boron—hydrogenbond across a double or triple carbon—carbon bond to give an organoborane ... 

This reaction, now termed hydroboration, has opened up the quantitative preparation of organoboranes and these, in turn, have proved to be of outstanding synthetic utility. It was for his development of this field that H. C. Brown (Purdue) was awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry . Hydroboration is regiospecific, the boron showing preferential attachment to the least substituted C atom (anti-Markovnikov). This finds ready interpretation in terms of electronic factors and relative bond polarities (p. 144) steric factors also work in the same direction. The addition is stereospecific cis (syn). Recent extensions of the methodology have encompassed the significant development of generalized chiral syntheses. 

Other important applications for organoboranes" include the Michael-like addition reaction to a ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, and the alkylation of a-halogenated carbonyl compounds. 

The excess diborane in the hydroboration flask is decomposed by the cautious addition of 20 ml of water. The organoborane is oxidized by the addition of 32 ml of 3 A sodium hydroxide, followed by dropwise addition of 32 ml of 30% hydrogen peroxide... 

In addition to the oxymercuration method, which yields the Markovnikov product, a complementary method that yields the non-Markovnikov product is also useful. Discovered in 1959 by H. C. Brown and cailed hydroboration, the reaction involves addition of a B-H bond of borane, BH3, to an alkene to yield an organoborane intermediate, RBH2. Oxidation of the organoborane by reaction with basic hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, then gives an alcohol. For example ... 

Hydration of an alkene—the addition of water—is carried out by either of two procedures, depending on the product desired. Oxymercuration involves electrophilic addition of Hg2+ to an alkene, followed by trapping of the cation intermediate with water and subsequent treatment with NaBH4. Hydroboration involves addition of borane (BH3) followed by oxidation of the intermediate organoborane with alkaline H202- The two hydration methods are complementary oxymercuration gives the product of Markovnikov addition, whereas hydroboration/oxidation gives the product with non-Markovnikov syn stereochemistry. 

Organoboranes react with a mixture of aqueous NH3 and NaOCl to produce primary amines. It is likely that the actual reagent is chloramine NH2CI. Chloramine itself,hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid in diglyme, and trimethyl-silyl azide " also give the reaction. Since the boranes can be prepared by the hydroboration of alkenes (15-16), this is an indirect method for the addition of NH3 to a double bond with anti-Markovnikov orientation. Secondary amines can be prepared by the treatment of alkyl- or aryldichloroboranes or dialkylchlorobor-anes with alkyl or aryl azides. 

In contrast to the related organoboranes, which are mostly used in the addition to non-polar carbon-carbon multiple bonds, aluminum hydrides have found their widest use in organic synthesis in the addition reaction to polar carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom multiple bonds including carbonyl, nitrile and imino groups as well as their a,(J-unsaturated analogs. Although these reduction reactions are also sometimes referred as hydroalumination reactions in the Hterature, they are outside the scope of this review. 

Addition at Double Bonds via Organoborane Intermediates 4.5.1. Hydroboradon... 

The mechanism of these alkylations involves a tetracoordinate boron intermediate formed by addition of the enolate of the a-bromo ester to the organoborane. The migration then occurs with displacement of bromide ion. In agreement with this mechanism, retention of configuration of the migrating group is observed.23... 

Organoboranes undergo fragmentation if a good leaving group is present on the 8-carbon.102 The reactive intermediate is the tetrahedral borate formed by addition of hydroxide ion at boron. 

The significance of B—C ir-bonding in determining the course and the ease of chemical reaction with organoboranes is obviously a more difficult question for both the experimentalist and the theoretician. Again, both inductive and resonance effects can, in principle, play a role but in addition, steric effects now become important, either for intramolecular reactions, as in Eq. (5), or for intermolecular reactions, as in Eqs. (7, 8). 

Two additional syntheses of 12 employed organostannane and organobo-rane chemistry. Marshall s synthesis of 12 was based on chiral organostannane A as shown in Scheme 20 [30], while Oehlschlager s one was based on chiral organoborane A (Scheme 21) [31]. 

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