Pinacol borane hydroboration

The variety of C2-bridged PBs was further extended by Muhoro via hydroboration of diphenyl(vinyl)phosphine with catechol- and pinacol-boranes (Scheme 29).56 To compensate for the low Lewis acidity of these boronates, the hydroboration reactions were carried out in the presence of 5 mol% of titanocene bis(catecholborane) as catalyst. The desired products 40g and 40h were obtained with complete anti-Markovnikov selectivity. The spectroscopic data and the crystallographic study performed on 40h showed the expected monomeric open structure. 

The alcohol 41 was converted to the alkoxyalkyne 42 in standard fashion (19) (80%). Rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration (20) with pinacol borane (21) provided the E-vinylboronate 43 (70%). The latter could be... 

Reaction scope Despite attempts to date to achieve a dearomatization and hydrosilylation of heteroaromatics with magnesium catalysts faiUng to achieve turnover, the hydroboration of pyridine and alkyl and aryl substituted pyridines along with quinoline and isoquinoline with pinacol-borane catalyzed by 5-10 mol% [((ArNCMe)2CH Mg"Bu] has been reported (Scheme 18) [126]. 

Srebnik has reported the synthesis of phosphono boronates by hydroboration with pinacol borane (30) [92]. The reaction proceeds well with terminal alkenyl phosphonates whereas internal alkenyl phosphonates gave complex mixtures. Hydroboration of the corresponding alkynyl phosphonates under identical conditions gave alkenyl phosphonates that were difficult to isolate and were in situ subjected to Suzuki coupling with phenyl iodide to give trisubstituted phosphonates providing a new one-pot synthesis of this class of compounds (Scheme 3.60). 

This reaction occurs rapidly at room temperature using a small excess of alkyne and either pinacol- (HBpin) or catecholborane (HBcat). When an excess of borane was used, the Z/E ratio of the products was slowly eroded, eventually attaining a thermodynamic distribution of isomers. Equilibration presumably occurs via addition/elimination of excess Rh-H. Miyaura s method provides a useful synthetic complement to knovm cis-hydroboration methods. Under optimized conditions, good yields and high stereoselectivity (>90 10) were achieved for a variety of alkenylboronates (Table 9.8). The best selectivities were generally obtained with the use of catecholborane and Et3N as an additive. As in related reactions, the presence of base seems to suppress undesired reaction pathways. 

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