Wu, Chaoqiang; Bao, Zhicheng; Dou, Bowen; Wang, Jianbo published their research in Chemistry – A European Journal in 2021. The article was titled 《Generation of α-Boryl Radicals and Their Conjugate Addition to Enones: Transition-Metal-Free Alkylation of gem-Diborylalkanes》.Electric Literature of C13H26B2O4 The article contains the following contents:
A transition-metal-free method for the alkylation of gem-diborylalkanes with α,β-unsaturated ketones has been developed. It is demonstrated that the α-boryl radicals can be generated efficiently from gem-diborylalkanes with the aid of catechol and oxidants. The α-boryl radicals formed through such process can be engaged in conjugate addition reaction with α,β-unsaturated ketones. This transformation is a straightforward method for the synthesis of γ-borylketones. After reading the article, we found that the author used Bis[(pinacolato)boryl]methane(cas: 78782-17-9Electric Literature of C13H26B2O4)
Bis[(pinacolato)boryl]methane(cas: 78782-17-9) belongs to organoboron compounds. Organoboron compounds have been a cornerstone of synthetic transformations for decades. Areas such as boron-containing catalysts, metalate chemistry, photoredox methods, and boryl anions have brought significant new developments in understanding and provided new reactivity upon.Electric Literature of C13H26B2O4
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