NBE-Controlled Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Selective C-H Silylation of Boronic Acids

J Org Chem. 2023 Oct 20;88(20):14659-14669. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01655. Epub 2023 Oct 3.

Abstract

An efficient palladium-catalyzed intermolecular selective C-H silylation of boronic acids is described. The combination of palladium catalyst with copper oxidant enables ortho-selective C-H silylation by employing hexamethyldisilane as the trimethylsilyl source, which relies on the control of NBE derivatives as a switch, thus providing straightforward access to divergent organosilicon compounds.