Peroxides from alkyne-acids

The Lindlar catalyst is a deactivated hydrogenation catalyst that stops alkyne hydrogenation at the alkene stage, allowing conversion of allies to ds-alkenes. Hydroboration followed by an acid workup (instead of basic peroxide) also gives cfs-alkenes from alkynes. Hydroboration-protonolysis is an alternative way to prepare a ds-alkene from an alkyne. 

Although oxidation of l,l-bis(dialkylboryl) compounds with alkaline hydrogen peroxide proceeds with initid hydrolysis rather than oxidation (equation 16), oxidation with excess MCPBA yields carboxylic acids in good yields. The overall process is an excellent route from 1-alkynes to carboxylic acids (equation 39). ... 

Oxidation of organoboranes to alcohols is usually effected with alkaline hydrogen peroxide. The reaction is of wide applicability and many functional groups are unaffected by the reaction conditions, so that a variety of substituted alkenes can be converted into alcohols by this procedure. Several examples have been given above. A valuable feature of the reaction is that it results in the overall addition of water to the double (or triple) bond, with a regioselectivity opposite to that from acid-catalysed hydration. This follows from the fact that, in the hydroboration step, the boron atom adds to the less-substituted carbon atom of the multiple bond. Terminal alkynes, for example, give aldehydes in contrast to the methyl ketones obtained by mercury-assisted hydration. 

Alkynes are reactive toward hydroboration reagents. The most useful procedures involve addition of a disubstituted borane to the acetylene. Catechol borane (l,3>2-benzodioxaborole), which is prepared from equimolar amounts of catechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene) and borane, is a particularly useful reagent for hydroboration of acetylenes.Protonolysis of the adduct with acetic acid results in reduction of the original alkyne to the corresponding c/5-alkene. Oxidative workup with hydrogen peroxide gives ketones via an enol intermediate. Treatment of the vinyl borane with bromine and base leads to the vinyl bromide. The net anh-addition has been rationalized on the basis of anh-addition of bromine followed by a second z/tr/-elimination of bromide and boron but there are exceptions to this generalization. 

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