Organoboron chemistry

The classical hydroboration procedures offer an easy entry to the preparation of alkyl- and vinylboranes, which are valuable intermediates for further synthesis. 

The coupling reactions of alkyl (and vinyl) boranes is particularly interesting as the latest developments of this principle have resulted in very selective procedures, some of them having already found application in biologically active compound synthesis (prostaglandins). 

The application of transition metal catalysis to borane chemistry has received little attention up to now. Highly active hydrogenation catalysts 

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Our research in organoboron chemistry has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Akzo Corporate Research America. 

The first highly stereoselective and satisfactory syntheses of conjugated dienes of general applicability are those based on organoboron chemistry reported by Negishi for (E,E) dienes and (E,Z) dienes as well as by Zweifel for (Z,Z) dienes. ... 

The field of organoboron chemistry pioneered by Brown [40] also provides a wealth of excellent transformations. Consider the asymmetric reduction of carbonyl compounds by Alpine-Borane [41]. Alpine-Borane is prepared by the following sequence ... 

Steinberg, H., Brotherton, R. J. Organoboron Chemistry, Vol. 2. Boron-Nitrogen and Boron-Phosphorus Compounds. New York Interscience 1966. 

Onak, T. Organoboron Chemistry, Academic Press, New York, 1975. pp. 38-40. 

The discovery of hydroboration reactions by Brown has greatly advanced the field of organoboron chemistry, and this reaction remains one of the most important and versatile synthetic routes to organoboron compounds. Many excellent reviews and book chapters on this topic have appeared in the literature. " Thus, only a brief general introduction and... 

A44. H. Steinberg, Organoboron Chemistry. Wiley (Interscience), New York. Volume 1 (1964), Boron-oxygen and boron-sulfur compounds. 950 pp. Vol. 2 (1966), by H. Steinberg and R. J. Brotherton, Boron-nitrogen and boron-phosphorus compounds. 515 pp. 

A49. B. M. Mikhailov, Khimiya Borovodorodov. Nauka, Moscow, 1967. 530 pp. There is Some discussion of organoboron chemistry in a major book about boron hydrides. 

Steinberg, H. Organoboron Chemistry, vol. 1, Boron-Oxygen and Boron-Sulfur Compounds. New York John Wiley-Interscience, 1964. 

Although several important classes of boron compounds will not be discussed here because of space limitation, this chapter attempts to discuss the representative transformations which are likely to be useful for researchers with little experience in organoboron chemistry. No attempt is made to cover in detail physical properties however, information on boron-carbon bond lengths, nuclear magnetic resonance ( B and H), vibrational spectroscopy, electronic transitions, mass spectrometry, and thermodynamic properties of organoboron compounds has been summarized in earlier texts [1]. 

Organoboron chemistry is well developed and has proved to be very useful in organic synthesis. Halogenation of organoborancs is a helpful addition to the preparative utility of this chemistry,... 

M. F. Lappcrt in rel. 4 H. Steinberg and R. J. Brotherton, Organoboron Chemistry, Vols. 1 and 2, lnterscicncc-Wiley, 1964, 1967 (comprehensive reference texts) Organo-metallic Chem. Rev., Section B (annual surveys). 

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