Abstract
An air-stable N-heterocyclic carbene-copper thiophene-2-carboxylate (CuTC) complex has been prepared for the stereoselective hydroboration of terminal alkynes using pinacolborane (HBpin) or 1,8-naphthalenediaminatoborane (HBdan). The newly synthesized complex can be directly activated by hydroboranes without a cocatalyst such as a base, and exhibits high reactivity for the hydroboration of alkynes under mild conditions. A gram-scale hydroboration of terminal phenylacetylene demonstrated the applicability of the copper complex for the preparation of alkenyl boronates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5249-5252 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 21 |
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| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants (No. 2016R1A2B4011719 and 2019R1A2C2005706), funded by the Korean government (MEST).
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