Issue 48, 2012

Essential role of phosphines in organocatalytic β-boration reaction

Abstract

The use of phosphines to assist the organocatalytic β-boration reaction of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been demonstrated with a selected number of substrates. The new method eludes the use of Brönsted bases to promote the catalytic active species and PR3 becomes essential to interact with the substrate resulting in the formation of a zwitterionic phosphonium enolate. This species can further deprotonate MeOH when B2pin2 is present forming eventually the ion pair [α-(H),β-(PR3)-ketone]+[B2pin2·MeO] that is responsible for the catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Essential role of phosphines in organocatalytic β-boration reaction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Sep 2012
Accepted
24 Oct 2012
First published
25 Oct 2012

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012,10, 9677-9682

Essential role of phosphines in organocatalytic β-boration reaction

C. Pubill-Ulldemolins, A. Bonet, H. Gulyás, C. Bo and E. Fernández, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 9677 DOI: 10.1039/C2OB26899J

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