Diboron (4) compounds: from structural curiosity to synthetic workhorse

EC Neeve, SJ Geier, IAI Mkhalid, SA Westcott… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Although known for over 90 years, only in the past two decades has the chemistry of diboron
(4) compounds been extensively explored. Many interesting structural features and reaction …

Copper-boryl mediated organic synthesis

D Hemming, R Fritzemeier, SA Westcott… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Organoboron compounds are valuable synthetic intermediates that find application in a
diverse variety of processes including both C–X and C–C bond-forming transformations …

Alkenyl boronates: synthesis and applications

J Carreras, A Caballero… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Organoboron compounds have become one of the most versatile building blocks in organic
synthesis owing to their accessible and efficient conversion into many different functional …

sp 2–sp 3 diboranes: astounding structural variability and mild sources of nucleophilic boron for organic synthesis

RD Dewhurst, EC Neeve, H Braunschweig… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the widespread use of organoborane reagents in organic synthesis and catalysis, a
major challenge still remains: very few boron-centered nucleophiles exist for the direct …

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Anionic sp2–sp3 Diboron Compounds: Readily Accessible Boryl Nucleophiles

S Pietsch, EC Neeve, DC Apperley… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lewis base adducts of tetra‐alkoxy diboron compounds, in particular bis (pinacolato)
diboron (B2pin2), have been proposed as the active source of nucleophilic boryl species in …

Transition‐metal‐free diboration reaction by activation of diboron compounds with simple Lewis bases

A Bonet, C Pubill‐Ulldemolins, C Bo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most recent advances of organoboron chemistry is the isolation and synthetic
applications of anionic sp2 boron nucleophiles with sensitive carbene-type structures [1](I …

25 years of N-heterocyclic carbenes: activation of both main-group element–element bonds and NHCs themselves

S Würtemberger-Pietsch, U Radius, TB Marder - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are widely used ligands and reagents in modern inorganic
synthesis as well as in homogeneous catalysis and organocatalysis. However, NHCs are …

Trivalent boron nucleophile as a new tool in organic synthesis: reactivity and asymmetric induction

J Cid, H Gulyas, JJ Carbo, E Fernandez - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Boron compounds have been traditionally regarded as “Lewis acids” preferring to accept
electrons rather than donate them in the course of their reactions but current examples of …

Pd-catalyzed dearomative arylborylation of indoles

C Shen, N Zeidan, Q Wu, CBJ Breuers, RR Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A palladium-catalyzed dearomative arylborylation of indoles is reported, which provides
straightforward access to structurally diverse indolines bearing vicinal tetrasubstituted and …

Allenes and computational chemistry: from bonding situations to reaction mechanisms

E Soriano, I Fernández - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The present review is focused on the application of computational/theoretical methods to the
wide and rich chemistry of allenes. Special emphasis is made on the interplay and synergy …