Diboron (4) compounds: from structural curiosity to synthetic workhorse

EC Neeve, SJ Geier, IAI Mkhalid, SA Westcott… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Although known for over 90 years, only in the past two decades has the chemistry of diboron
(4) compounds been extensively explored. Many interesting structural features and reaction …

Palladium nanoparticles in polyols: Synthesis, catalytic couplings, and hydrogenations

I Favier, D Pla, M Gómez - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Alcohols, in particular polyols, are well-known for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, often
acting as reducing agents, solvents, and stabilizers. Given not only their structural flexibility …

Decarboxylative borylation of aliphatic esters under visible-light photoredox conditions

D Hu, L Wang, P Li - Organic letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
The conventional methods for preparing alkyl boronates often necessitate anhydrous and
demanding reaction conditions. Herein, a new, operationally simple decarboxylative …

Synthesis of Biaryls via Ligand‐Free Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling Reactions: A Review of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Developments

I Hussain, J Capricho, MA Yawer - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the recent developments in the field of Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐
coupling reaction, in particular with regard to ligand‐free catalysis. The catalysts outlined …

A decade advancement of transition metal-catalyzed borylation of aryl halides and sulfonates

WK Chow, OY Yuen, PY Choy, CM So, CP Lau… - RSC …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes the recent advancement of transition metal-catalyzed aromatic carbon-
boron bond construction processes. The efficacy of palladium, nickel and copper catalysis …

[HTML][HTML] Transition-metal free C–C bond cleavage/borylation of cycloketone oxime esters

JJ Zhang, XH Duan, Y Wu, JC Yang, LN Guo - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
An efficient transition-metal free C–C bond cleavage/borylation of cycloketone oxime esters
has been described. In this reaction, the B2 (OH) 4 reagent not only served as the boron …

Manganese-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl chlorides

TC Atack, SP Cook - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
The use of low-cost manganese (II) bromide (MnBr2) and tetramethylethylenediamine
(TMEDA) catalyzes the cross coupling of (bis) pinacolatodiboron with a wide range of alkyl …

Iron-catalyzed borylation of alkyl electrophiles

TC Atack, RM Lecker, SP Cook - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The use of low-cost iron (III) acetoacetate (Fe (acac) 3) and tetramethylethylenediamine
(TMEDA) enables the direct cross-coupling of alkyl halides with bis (pinacolato) diboron …

Palladium nanoparticles in the catalysis of coupling reactions

A Bej, K Ghosh, A Sarkar, DW Knight - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Palladium catalyzed coupling reactions have emerged as a versatile, convenient, selective
and mild protocol that can usually be adapted in any synthetic scheme for important target …

Iron-catalyzed borylation of alkyl, allyl, and aryl halides: isolation of an iron (I) boryl complex

RB Bedford, PB Brenner, E Carter, T Gallagher… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Activation of B2pin2 with tBuLi facilitates the Fe-catalyzed borylation of alkyl, allyl, benzyl,
and aryl halides via the formation of Li [B2pin2 (tBu)](1). The reaction of 1 with a …