Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Green Chemistry Center, Peking University, 202 Chengfu Road, 098#, Beijing 100871, China State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 200060, China

Transition-Metal-Free Coupling Reactions

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Stereospecific functionalizations and transformations of secondary and tertiary boronic esters

Recent Advances in Hydrometallation of Alkenes and Alkynes via the First Row Transition Metal Catalysis

Through the use of a catalyst formed in situ from NiBr2·diglyme and a pybox ligand (both of which are commercially available), we have achieved our first examples of coupling reactions of unactivated tertiary alkyl electrophiles, as well as our first success with nickel-catalyzed couplings that generate bonds other than C–C bonds. Specifically, we have determined that this catalyst accomplishes Miyaura-type borylations of unactivated tertiary, secondary, and primary alkyl halides with diboron reagents to furnish alkylboronates, a family of compounds with substantial (and expanding) utility, under mild conditions; indeed, the umpolung borylation of a tertiary alkyl bromide can be achieved at a temperature as low as −10 °C. The method exhibits good functional-group compatibility and is regiospecific, both of which can be issues with traditional approaches to the synthesis of alkylboronates. In contrast to seemingly related nickel-catalyzed C–C bond-forming processes, tertiary halides are more reactive than ...

Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Electrophiles, Including Unactivated Tertiary Halides, To Generate Carbon–Boron Bonds

ConspectusDeveloping new methods that enable the synthesis of new and complex molecules with complete control of their 3-D shape is central to the advancement of synthetic chemistry with applications spanning from medicine to materials. Our approach consists of the iterative combination of small building blocks through the use of boron chemistry to essentially “grow” molecules. This approach, which we term assembly-line synthesis (ALS), resembles the way that nature assembles natural products (e.g., the polyketide synthase machinery) and has the advantage that many structural variations can be easily introduced and the products can be evaluated in structural or biological contexts.Chiral boronic esters have been recognized as valuable building blocks due to their unique chemical properties. They are both chemically and configurationally stable, and they can be prepared with very high levels of enantioselectivity. Additionally they undergo a broad array of transformations that lead to the stereocontrolled ...

Lithiation-borylation methodology and its application in synthesis

The creation of quaternary stereogenic centers with high enantioselectivity is challenging, in part, because of the high steric repulsion between the substituents on the carbon center that is generated during construction. Nevertheless, significant progress has been made towards this goal in recent years, even in conformationally flexible acyclic systems. However, whilst in many cases high e.r. values have been achieved, the selectivities are invariably substrate-dependent. We have approached this problem from a different perspective and considered the possibility of employing stereospecific homologations of tertiary boronic esters 1. Such boronic esters can be easily prepared from the corresponding secondary alcohols with very high e.r. values by using the methodology developed by our group, or alternatively, by borylation of allylic carbonates/Michael acceptors reported by Hoveyda and co-workers (Scheme 1). However, whilst the homologation reaction

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Enantioselective construction of quaternary stereogenic centers from tertiary boronic esters: methodology and applications.

Organoboron compounds are useful in asymmetric synthesis. We have developed an efficient methodology for the highly enantioselective synthesis of tertiary boronic esters from the corresponding secondary benzylic alcohols. Further stereospecific transformations of the boronic ester moiety are described including the preparation of tertiary alcohols, C-tertiary amines and tertiary arylalkanes. Several homologations of tertiary boronic esters have also been developed for the construction of quaternary stereocentres.

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Highly enantioselective synthesis of tertiary boronic esters and their stereospecific conversion to other functional groups and quaternary stereocentres.

Readily available, α-substituted allyl/crotyl pinacol boronic esters often give low E/Z selectivity (with Z favored) in reactions with aldehydes. We found that addition of nBuLi to the pinacol boronic ester followed by trapping of the alkoxide with TFAA leads to an intermediate allyl borinic ester which undergoes allylboration with very high E selectivity. The substrate scope includes primary to tertiary alkyl α-substituents, crotyl substrates, and the previously unreported β-methallyl pinacol boronic esters. The latter give very high Z selectivity under standard conditions which is completely reversed to high E selectivity under the new conditions. Monitoring the reaction by 11B NMR confirmed that the reaction proceeds through a borinic ester intermediate.

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Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Allylboration of Aldehydes using α-Substituted Allyl/Crotyl Pinacol Boronic Esters via in Situ Generated Borinic Esters

Diborylmethane can be homologated uni- and bidirectionally by using enantiomerically pure lithium-stabilized carbenoids to give 1,2- and 1,3-bis(boronic esters), respectively, in good yield and with excellent levels of enantio- and diastereoselectivity. The high sensitivity of the transformation to steric hindrance enables the exclusive operation of either manifold, effected through the judicious choice of the type of carbenoid, which can be a sparteine-ligated or a diamine-free lithiated benzoate/carbamate. The scope of the 1,2-bis(boronic esters) so generated is complementary to that encompassed by the asymmetric diboration of alkenes, in that primary–secondary and primary–tertiary 1,2-bis(boronic esters) can be prepared with equally high levels of selectivity and that functional groups, such as terminal alkynes and alkenes, are tolerated. Methods for forming C2-symmetric and non-symmetrical anti and syn 1,3-bis(boronic esters) are also described and represent a powerful route towards 1,3-functionalized synthetic intermediates.

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Selective uni- and bidirectional homologation of diborylmethane

Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Boronic Esters and Their Stereospecific Conversion to Other Functional Groups and Quaternary Stereocenters.

Helen K. Scott

Papers

Enantioselective construction of quaternary stereogenic centers from tertiary boronic esters: methodology and applications.

Highly enantioselective synthesis of tertiary boronic esters and their stereospecific conversion to other functional groups and quaternary stereocentres.

Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Allylboration of Aldehydes using α-Substituted Allyl/Crotyl Pinacol Boronic Esters via in Situ Generated Borinic Esters

Selective uni- and bidirectional homologation of diborylmethane

Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Boronic Esters and Their Stereospecific Conversion to Other Functional Groups and Quaternary Stereocenters.