First-row d-block element-catalyzed carbon–boron bond formation and related processes

SK Bose, L Mao, L Kuehn, U Radius… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organoboron reagents represent a unique class of compounds because of their utility in
modern synthetic organic chemistry, often affording unprecedented reactivity. The …

Photoinduced borylation for the synthesis of organoboron compounds: focus review

YM Tian, XN Guo, H Braunschweig, U Radius… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organoboron compounds have important synthetic value and can be applied in numerous
transformations. The development of practical and convenient ways to synthesize boronate …

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 …

Photoinduced decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids

A Fawcett, J Pradeilles, Y Wang, T Mutsuga, EL Myers… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The conversion of widely available carboxylic acids into versatile boronic esters would be
highly enabling for synthesis. We found that this transformation can be effected by …

Boron: its role in energy‐related processes and applications

Z Huang, S Wang, RD Dewhurst… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Boron's unique position in the Periodic Table, that is, at the apex of the line separating
metals and nonmetals, makes it highly versatile in chemical reactions and applications …

Metallomimetic chemistry of boron

MA Légaré, C Pranckevicius, H Braunschweig - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The study of main-group molecules that behave and react similarly to transition-metal (TM)
complexes has attracted significant interest in recent decades. Most notably, the attractive …

Copper-boryl mediated organic synthesis

D Hemming, R Fritzemeier, SA Westcott… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Organoboron compounds are valuable synthetic intermediates that find application in a
diverse variety of processes including both C–X and C–C bond-forming transformations …

Transition-metal-free B–B and B–interelement reactions with organic molecules

AB Cuenca, R Shishido, H Ito… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is a guided tour along the activation modes and reactivity of B–B, B–Si, B–N, B–
S, B–Se and B–P reagents, in the absence of any transition metal complex. Here are …

Copper-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of alkyl halides

LJ Cheng, NP Mankad - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Transition metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions represent a direct and atom-
economical approach to introduce oxygen functionality into organic compounds, with CO …

Scalable, metal-and additive-free, photoinduced borylation of haloarenes and quaternary arylammonium salts

AM Mfuh, JD Doyle, B Chhetri, HD Arman… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report herein a simple, metal-and additive-free, photoinduced borylation of haloarenes,
including electron-rich fluoroarenes, as well as arylammonium salts directly to boronic acids …