Ruthenium-Catalyzed Regiospecific Borylation of Methyl C−H Bonds

We report the regiospecific, ruthenium-catalyzed borylation of saturated terminal C−H bonds. Alkylboronates were obtained in 78−98% yields. The borylations of alkanes, trialkylamines, protected alcohols, and fluoroalkanes occurred regiospecifically at the methyl group that is least sterically hinder...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006-10, Vol.128 (42), p.13684-13685
Hauptverfasser: Murphy, Jaclyn M, Lawrence, Joshua D, Kawamura, Kazumori, Incarvito, Christopher, Hartwig, John F
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Zusammenfassung:We report the regiospecific, ruthenium-catalyzed borylation of saturated terminal C−H bonds. Alkylboronates were obtained in 78−98% yields. The borylations of alkanes, trialkylamines, protected alcohols, and fluoroalkanes occurred regiospecifically at the methyl group that is least sterically hindered. In contrast to most organometallic C−H activation, the reactions of alkanes occurred in higher yields than the reactions of arenes. Reactions were conducted that probed steric and electronic effects on the alkyl borylation. These reactions showed that the borylation occurred preferentially at the methyl group that is least sterically hindered and most electron-deficient. Ruthenium compounds containing boryl ligands were synthesized, and one was characterized by X-ray crystallography. One of these compounds contained a rare bridging boryl ligand and served as a catalyst precursor for the borylation of octane.
ISSN:0002-7863
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/ja064092p