Catalyst free annulative thioboration of unfunctionalized olefins

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Nov 7;53(89):12092-12095. doi: 10.1039/c7cc06800j.

Abstract

A direct and catalyst-free annulative thioboration of unfunctionalized olefins has been developed. In the presence of BCl3 as the sole boron source, the boryl group and thiol group are added to the C-C double bonds simultaneously. The boronic acids obtained can be protected to form synthetically ubiquitous pinacol boronate esters.