Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
57(13), P. 1655 - 1658
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
A
palladium-catalyzed
selective
B(3)–H
arylation
of
o-carboranes
under
room
temperature
has
been
developed
using
readily
available
arylboronic
acids
as
the
aryl
source,
and
corresponding
3-aryl-o-carboranes
were
obtained
in
good
to
excellent
yields.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
56(85), P. 12997 - 13000
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
A
traceless
bidentate
directing
group
guided
copper
catalyzed
direct
cage
B(4,5)-H
disulfenylation
of
o-carboranes
has
been
achieved,
leading
to
a
series
B(4,5)-disulfenylated
o-carborane
derivatives
in
high
yields
with
excellent
regioselectivity.
The
situ
departure
the
8-aminoquinoline
auxiliary
circumvents
additional
processes
for
removal,
thus
enhancing
atom-/step-economy.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(12), P. 3074 - 3079
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
This
frontier
article
summarizes
the
recent
developments
in
base
metal-catalyzed
regioselective
cage
B–H
functionalization
of
carboranes
and
discusses
related
challenging
issues.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Despite
significant
progress
in
the
B-H
functionalization
of
carboranes,
development
cost-effective
catalytic
systems
devoid
noble
metals,
coupled
with
mechanistic
validation
regioselectivity
control,
remains
a
formidable
challenge.
Herein,
we
disclose
an
Ag
salt-free,
redox-neutral,
and
inexpensive
ruthenium(ii)-catalyzed
protocol
that
enables
exclusive
B(4)-H
acylmethylation
o-carboranes
through
novel
post-coordination
strategy.
By
exploiting
weakly
coordinating
carboxylic
acid
as
traceless
directing
group,
this
method
achieves
excellent
mono-site
selectivity
for
B-C(sp3)
bond
formation
using
diverse
sulfoxonium
ylides,
demonstrating
both
functional
group
tolerance
synthetic
scalability.
This
work
not
only
establishes
practical
platform
but
also
addresses
critical
questions
unresolved
prior
analogous
studies.
Through
deuterium
labeling,
situ
high-resolution
mass
spectrometry
(HRMS)
tracking,
single-crystal
X-ray
analysis
Ru
intermediates,
unequivocally
demonstrate
originates
from
unique
mode
Ru(ii).
The
catalyst
simultaneously
engages
enolizable
acylmethyl
moiety
mono-acylated
intermediate,
thereby
dictating
activation
trajectory.
Our
findings
establish
generalizable
regiocontrolled
carborane
while
defining
paradigms
transition
metal-mediated
chemistry.
Inorganic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
59(23), P. 17340 - 17346
Published: Nov. 24, 2020
A
palladium
catalyzed
selective
B(3)-H
activation/oxidative
dehydrogenative
coupling
for
the
synthesis
of
bis(o-carborane)s
connected
with
B(3)-B(3')
and
B(3)-B(6')
bonds
has
been
developed
first
time.
plausible
mechanism
involving
stepwise
activation
B(3'/6')-H
by
PdII
PdIV
was
proposed.
This
work
is
example
most
efficient
protocol
bonds,
which
important
reference
design,
synthesis,
application
in
related
fields.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(4), P. 2134 - 2140
Published: Feb. 3, 2021
Carboranes,
three-dimensional
analogues
of
benzene,
are
finding
a
wide
variety
applications
ranging
from
functional
materials
to
pharmaceuticals,
which
has
drawn
tremendous
research
interest.
The
recent
development
transition-metal-catalyzed
cage
B–H
functionalization
can
realize
series
vertex-specific
carboranes,
the
"cage-walking"
strategy
provide
BH
at
different
positions
where
initial
bond
activation
occurs
achieve
functionalized
carboranes
that
difficult
access
by
conventional
methods.
In
this
Viewpoint,
we
will
discuss
concept
cage-walking
and
its
application
in
selective
highlighting
typical
examples,
could
some
valuable
insights
into
future
carborane
multifunctionalization.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
23(4), P. 1188 - 1193
Published: Feb. 4, 2021
Palladium-catalyzed
iterative
cage
B–H
arylation
reaction
of
a
wide
range
B(4)-acylamino-o-carboranes
with
aryl
iodides
has
been
developed,
leading
to
the
formation
B(5,8,9)-triarylated
excellent
regioselectivity.
Moreover,
carboranes
bearing
three
different
groups
were
synthesized
from
B(4)-acylamino-o-carborane
and
iodides.
The
order
introduction
[B(9)
>
B(8)
B(5)]
into
B(5,8,9)-triarylation
was
determined
for
first
time
through
NMR
monitoring
X-ray
analyses.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
27(8), P. 2699 - 2706
Published: Sept. 24, 2020
Abstract
The
convenient
cross‐coupling
of
sp
2
or
3
carbons
with
a
specific
boron
vertex
on
carborane
cage
represents
significant
synthetic
values
and
insurmountable
challenges.
In
this
work,
we
report
an
Rh‐catalyzed
reaction
between
o
‐carborane
N
‐acyl‐glutarimides
to
construct
various
B
−C
bonds.
Under
the
optimized
condition,
removable
imine
directing
group
(DG)
leads
B(3)−
B(3,6)−C
couplings,
while
pyridyl
DG
B(3,5)−Ar
coupling.
particular,
unexpected
rearrangement
amide
reagent
is
observed
in
directed
B(4)−C(sp
)
formation.
This
scalable
protocol
has
many
advantages,
including
easy
access,
use
cheap
widely
available
coupling
agents,
no
requirement
external
ligand,
base
oxidant,
high
efficiency,
broad
substrate
scope.
Leveraging
Rh
I
dimer
twisted
amides,
method
enables
straightforward
access
diversely
substituted
therapeutically
important
derivatives
at
site,
provides
highly
valuable
vista
for
carborane‐based
drug
screening.
Russian Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
90(4), P. 451 - 487
Published: Nov. 3, 2020
The
review
aims
to
draw
attention
the
latest
advances
in
organoboron
chemistry
and
therapeutic
use
of
compounds.
synthetic
strategies
towards
boron-containing
compounds
with
proven
vitro
and/or
vivo
biological
activities,
including
derivatives
boronic
acids,
benzoxaboroles,
benzoxaborines
benzodiazaborines,
are
summarized.
Approaches
synthesis
hybrid
structures
containing
an
moiety
as
one
pharmacophores
considered,
effect
this
modification
on
pharmacological
activity
initial
molecules
is
analyzed.
On
basis
analysis
published
data,
most
promising
areas
research
field
identified,
methods
synthesis,
design
effective
agents.
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includes
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references.