Reactivity of a series of triaryl borates, B(OArx)3, in hydroboration catalysis

Tomasz Sokolnicki; Mashael M. Alharbi; Yara van Ingen; Shahnaz Rahim; Milan Pramanik; Alberto Roldan; Jędrzej Walkowiak; Rebecca L. Melen

doi:10.1039/D3DT03333C

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Reactivity of a series of triaryl borates, B(OAr^x)₃, in hydroboration catalysis†

Tomasz Sokolnicki,

‡^abc Mashael M. Alharbi,

‡^ad Yara van Ingen,^a Shahnaz Rahim,

^ae Milan Pramanik,

^a Alberto Roldan,

^a Jędrzej Walkowiak

*^c and Rebecca L. Melen

*^a

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^a Cardiff Catalysis Institute, Cardiff University, Translational Research Hub, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ Wales, UK
E-mail: MelenR@cardiff.ac.uk

^b Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 8, 61-614, Poznan, Poland
E-mail: jedrzej.walkowiak@amu.edu.pl

^c Adam Mickiewicz University, Center for Advanced Technology, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 10, 61-614, Poznan, Poland

^d Department of Chemistry, King Faisal University, College of Science, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia

^e Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan

Abstract

In this paper, we compare the reactivity of a series of triaryl borates B(OAr^x)₃ as catalysts for the hydroboration of alkenes and alkynes. It was observed that commercially available B(OPh)₃ performed the poorest, whereas catalysts with o-F atoms appeared to perform much better.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT03333C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 Oct 2023
Accepted: 15 Oct 2023
First published: 20 Oct 2023
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Dalton Trans., 2023,52, 16118-16122

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Reactivity of a series of triaryl borates, B(OAr^x)₃, in hydroboration catalysis

T. Sokolnicki, M. M. Alharbi, Y. van Ingen, S. Rahim, M. Pramanik, A. Roldan, J. Walkowiak and R. L. Melen, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 16118 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03333C

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