Organic Process Research & Development,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
27(11), P. 1931 - 1953
Published: Nov. 1, 2023
This
Review
offers
a
comprehensive
overview
of
the
latest
advancements
in
nonprecious
metal
catalysis
(NPMC)
research,
focusing
on
period
between
July
and
October
2022.
As
part
an
ongoing
review
series,
this
account
emphasizes
diverse
synthetic
applications
Ni,
Cu,
Fe
catalysis.
The
noticeable
surge
NPMC
publications
reflects
growing
interest
among
academic
industrial
research
laboratories
exploring
harnessing
catalytic
potential
these
metals.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
27(4), P. 948 - 953
Published: Jan. 17, 2025
Reductive
direct
substitution
of
α-arylvinyl
triflates
on
the
sp2
carbon
atom
by
magnesium
in
presence
chlorosilane
proceeded
to
give
corresponding
α-silylstyrenes,
which
could
not
be
reduced
further,
and
reaction
completely
stopped
because
reduction
potential
α-silylstyrenes
lies
out
reducible
field
magnesium.
The
subsequent
calcium
brought
about
second
introduction
another
silyl
group
vicinal
lead
a
selective
simple
route
variety
1,2-disilanes
from
vinyl
cooperative
works
with
different
potentiality.
ChemistryOpen,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 10, 2025
A
Pd-catalyzed
cross-coupling
between
alkylbisboronic
esters
and
aryl
bromides
is
described.
variety
of
are
found
to
be
competent
substrates
in
the
reaction.
Different
alkyl
chain
lengths
examined,
a
two-carbon
linker
optimal
length.
Several
competition
experiments
performed
better
understand
mechanism
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 30, 2025
Employing
9-BBN
and
pinacol
boronic
ester
as
surrogate
stoppers,
pseudorotaxanes
presenting
terminal
alkenes
can
be
transformed
into
organoborane
or
organoboronate
rotaxanes,
respectively.
Various
boron-based
reactions
then
used
to
replace
these
temporary
stoppers
with
bulky
derivatives
of
aromatic
bromides,
α-bromo
ketones,
1-bromo-1-alkynes,
facilitating
the
selective
formation
sp3-sp2,
sp3-sp3,
sp3-sp
carbon-carbon
single
bonds,
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
44(5), P. 1385 - 1385
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Chiral
1,2-bis(boronic)
esters
are
essential
building
blocks
in
the
field
of
synthetic
chemistry,
and
their
catalytic
asymmetric
synthesis
has
attracted
significant
interest
chemists.Recently,
diboration
olefins,
using
transition
metals
chiral
diols,
emerged
as
straightforward
atom-economical
methods
for
producing
highly
valuable
esters.Asymmetric
hydrogenation
vinyl
bis(boronic)
can
be
a
complementary
approach
to
synthesizing
these
products.Additionally,
borofunctionalization
alkenes
or
alkynes
represents
another
effective
strategy
constructing
scaffolds.A
recent
innovation
involves
migratory
coupling
reactions
with
gem-diborylalkanes,
offering
new
avenues
esters.The
latest
developements
challenges
moleculeshis
summarized,
potential
future
research
directions
this
prospected.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(28), P. 18873 - 18878
Published: July 2, 2024
Alkyllithium-activated
organoboronic
esters
are
found
to
undergo
stereospecific
phosphination
with
copper
chloride
and
chlorophosphines.
They
also
react
thiolsulfonate
electrophiles
under
catalysis.
These
reactions
enable
thiolation
of
esters,
which
further
applied
in
preparation
chiral
ligands
biologically
active
molecules.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 28, 2024
Comprehensive
Summary
Organoborons
are
commonly
used
building
blocks
for
rapidly
increasing
molecular
complexity.
Although
significant
progress
has
been
made
in
the
selective
functionalization
of
mono‐organoborons,
site‐selective
poly(organoborons)
attracted
substantial
interest
organic
synthesis,
pharmaceuticals,
and
agrochemicals
due
to
presence
multiple
potential
reaction
sites.
This
review
discusses
various
activation
modes
target
C–B
bond,
with
diverse
transformations
being
achieved
both
a
efficient
manner.
Recent
advances
catalytic
1,
n
‐diboronates
through
ionic
radical
pathways
highlighted.
Furthermore,
we
summarize
existing
challenges
future
research
directions
this
field.
Key
Scientists
In
1993,
Suzuki,
Miyaura
coworkers
developed
pioneering
example
arylation
towards
cis‐1,2‐bis(boryl)
alkenes,
marking
inception
The
Morken
group
contributions
asymmetric
diboration
alkenes
realized
elegant
these
compounds
since
2004.
2016,
Fernández
colleagues
internal
bond
tri(boronates).
Since
2019,
Aggarwal
Giese‐type
addition
at
more
substituted
1,2‐bis(boronic)
esters
photoredox
catalysis.
controllable
regiodivergent
alkynylation
1,3‐bis(boronic)
was
by
Gao
2023.
Recently,
Qin
conducted
on
programmable
late‐stage
bridge‐substituted
bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane
(BCP)
bis‐boronates.
2013,
stereoselective
have
several
groups,
including
those
led
Chen.
summarizes
latest
most
developments
field
1993.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 6, 2025
The
stereocontrolled
C(sp3)–C(sp3)
cross-coupling
represents
a
considerable
challenge
of
great
contemporary
interest.
While
this
has
been
achieved
through
the
reactions
boronate
complexes
with
π-allyl
iridium
complexes,
such
suffered
from
limited
substrate
scope.
We
now
report
that
following
transmetalation
to
organozinc
reagents
enables
previously
unreactive
substrates
engage
in
cross-coupling.
broader
scope
enabled
their
application
synthesis
biologically
active
molecules.
react
stereoinvertive
coupling
pathway
contrast
other
electrophiles
occur
retention
stereochemistry.
reaction
uniquely
combines
enantiospecific
reactivity
an
enantioenriched
organometallic
nucleophile
enantioselective
engagement
racemic
electrophile,
enabling
access
all
stereoisomers.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 25, 2025
Arylidenecyclobutanes
are
readily
accessible
and
versatile
reagents
in
synthetic
chemistry
due
to
the
multifaceted
reactivity
exhibited
by
their
alkene
strained
cyclobutane
moieties.
However,
metal-catalyzed
enantioselective
functionalization
of
arylidenecyclobutanes,
particularly
controllable
ring-retaining
ring-opening
reactions,
is
rarely
explored.
Considering
utility
enantioenriched
organoboronate
compounds,
herein
we
report
ligand-controlled
copper-catalyzed
hydroboration
dihydroboration
reactions
arylidenecyclobutanes
that
afford
chiral
α-cyclobutyl
benzylboronate
1,5-diboronate
compounds
with
high
enantioselectivity
when
(S)-DTBM-Segphos
(S,S)-Ph-BPE
employed,
respectively.
Mechanistic
studies
reveal
process
via
β-C
elimination
significantly
slower
than
arylidenecyclopropanes
presence
CuOAc
(S,S)-Ph-BPE.
The
these
two
protocols
further
demonstrated
through
conducting
various
stereospecific
site-selective
transformations
organoboron
products,
including
concise
synthesis
bioactive
molecules.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 13, 2024
Non-directed
regioselective
activation
of
bis(boronic
esters),
followed
by
functionalization,
is
reported.
A
bulky
activator
shown
to
selectively
activate
the
less
hindered
boronic
ester
enabling
it
undergo
stereospecific
cross-coupling
a
variety
electrophiles.
This
steric-based
regioselectivity
provides
simple
and
efficient
method
prepare
highly
functionalized,
enantiomerically
enriched
products
starting
from
alkenes.