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Hydroboration–oxidation is an anti-Markovnikov reaction, with the hydroxyl group attaching to the less-substituted carbon. The reaction thus provides a more stereospecific and complementary regiochemical alternative to other hydration reactions such as acid-catalyzed addition and the oxymercuration–reduction process.
Catalyzed hydroboration-oxidation of substituted alkenes can be rendered enantioselective. In 1990, Brown and co-workers achieved asymmetric hydroboration using an achiral catalyst and chiral borane sources derived from ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. In most cases, the regioselectivity was poor although the ee values can be close to 90%. [16]
Hydroboration of trisubstituted alkenes places boron on the less substituted carbon. [8] Hydroboration of 1,2-disubstituted alkenes, such as a cis or trans olefin, produces generally a mixture of the two organoboranes of comparable amounts, even if the steric properties of the substituents are very different. For such 1,2-disubstituted olefins ...
Hydroboration occurs stereospecifically syn — on the same alkene face. The transition state for this concerted reaction can be visualized as a square with the corners occupied by carbon, carbon, hydrogen and boron, maximizing overlap between the olefin p-orbitals and the empty boron orbital.
Disiamylborane is prepared by hydroboration of trimethylethylene with diborane. [1] The reaction stops at the secondary borane due to steric hindrance. Disiamylborane is relatively selective for terminal alkynes and alkenes vs internal alkynes and alkenes. Like most hydroboration, the addition proceeds in an anti-Markovnikov manner. [1]
9-Borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane or 9-BBN is an organoborane compound. This colourless solid is used in organic chemistry as a hydroboration reagent.The compound exists as a hydride-bridged dimer, which easily cleaves in the presence of reducible substrates.
Borane adducts are widely used in organic synthesis for hydroboration, where BH 3 adds across the C=C bond in alkenes to give trialkylboranes: [13] (THF)BH 3 + 3 CH 2 =CHR → B(CH 2 CH 2 R) 3 + THF. This reaction is regioselective. [14] Other borane derivatives can be used to give even higher regioselectivity. [15]
Of the two half reactions, the oxidation step is the most demanding because it requires the coupling of 4 electron and proton transfers and the formation of an oxygen-oxygen bond. This process occurs naturally in plants photosystem II to provide protons and electrons for the photosynthesis process and release oxygen to the atmosphere, [ 1 ] as ...