Cobalt-catalyzed deoxygenative triborylation of allylic ethers to access 1,1,3-triborylalkanes

Polyborylated organic compounds have been emerging as versatile building blocks in chemical synthesis. Here we report a selective cobalt-catalyzed deoxygenative 1,1,3-triborylation reaction of allylic ethers with pinacolborane to prepare 1,1,3-triborylalkane compounds. With naturally abundant and/or synthetic cinnamic methyl ethers as starting materials, we have achieved the synthesis of a variety of 1,1,3-triborylalkanes (25 examples). The synthetic utility of these 1,1,3-triborylalkanes is demonstrated through site-selective allylation, protodeborylation, and consecutive carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. Mechanistic studies including deuterium-labeling and control experiments suggest that this 1,1,3-triborylation reaction proceeds through initial cobalt-catalyzed deoxygenative borylation of allylic ethers to form allylic boronates followed by cobalt-catalyzed 1,1-diborylation of the resulting allylic boronates.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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Nature communications - 11(2020), 1 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 5193

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Teo, Wei Jie [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiaoxu [VerfasserIn]
Poon, Yeng Yeng [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Shaozhong [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.10.2020

Date Revised 20.10.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-020-19039-7

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NLM316300977