Borenium ion catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes with N-heterocyclic carbene-boranes.
Borenium ion catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes with N-heterocyclic carbene-boranes.
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DOI:
10.1021/ja305061c
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发表时间:
2012-07-25
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Vedejs E
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作者:
Prokofjevs A;Boussonnière A;Li L;Bonin H;Lacôte E;Curran DP;Vedejs E
Treatment of alkenes such as 3-hexene, 3-octene, and 1-cyclohexyl-1-butene with the N-heterocyclic carbene-derived borane 2 and catalytic HNTf2 effects hydroboration at room temperature. With 3-hexene, surprisingly facile migration of the boron atom from C3 of the hexyl group to C2 was observed over a time scale of minutes to hours. Oxidative workup gave a mixture of alcohols containing 2-hexanol as the major product. A similar preference for the C(2) alcohol was observed after oxidative workup of the 3-octene, and 1-cyclohexyl-1-butene hydroborations. NHC-borenium cations (or functional equivalents) are postulated as the species that accomplish the hydroborations, and the C(2) selective migrations are attributed to the 4-center inter-conversion of borenium cations with cationic NHC-borane olefin π-complexes.