Iron-catalyzed 1,4-hydroboration of 1,3-dienes

Jessica Y Wu; Benoît Moreau; Tobias Ritter

doi:10.1021/ja9048493

Iron-catalyzed 1,4-hydroboration of 1,3-dienes

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Sep 16;131(36):12915-7. doi: 10.1021/ja9048493.

Authors

Jessica Y Wu¹, Benoît Moreau, Tobias Ritter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

PMID: 19702262
DOI: 10.1021/ja9048493

Abstract

A chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective iron-catalyzed 1,4-hydroboration of dienes that affords gamma-disubstituted allylboranes has been developed. 1,4-Hydroboration of 2-substituted dienes forms allylborane products with (E)-trisubstituted double bonds exclusively.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Alkadienes / chemistry*
Boron Compounds / chemistry*
Catalysis
Iron / chemistry*
Molecular Structure

Substances

Alkadienes
Boron Compounds
Iron