Efficient one-pot synthesis of dan-substituted organo- and silyl-boron compounds

Org Biomol Chem. 2023 Jul 5;21(26):5347-5350. doi: 10.1039/d3ob00613a.

Abstract

Direct, transition metal-free B(dan)-installation into organic frameworks has been developed. Heteroaryl-H bonds were transformable into the respective heteroaryl-B(dan) bonds through deprotonation. The resulting heteroaryl-B(dan) compounds, which are otherwise difficult to access, can undergo the direct Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. The method was demonstrated to apply to a silicon nucleophile, giving Lewis acidity-diminished stable silyl-B(dan) and -B(aam) in one pot.