TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huang, Mingming
A1  - Wu, Zhu
A1  - Krebs, Johannes
A1  - Friedrich, Alexandra
A1  - Luo, Xiaoling
A1  - Westcott, Stephen A.
A1  - Radius, Udo
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
T1  - Ni-Catalyzed Borylation of Aryl Sulfoxides
JF  - Chemistry—A European Journal
N2  - A nickel/N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalytic system has been developed for the borylation of aryl sulfoxides with B\(_{2}\)(neop)\(_{2}\) (neop=neopentyl glycolato). A wide range of aryl sulfoxides with different electronic and steric properties were converted into the corresponding arylboronic esters in good yields. The regioselective borylation of unsymmetric diaryl sulfoxides was also feasible leading to borylation of the sterically less encumbered aryl substituent. Competition experiments demonstrated that an electron-deficient aryl moiety reacts preferentially. The origin of the selectivity in the Ni-catalyzed borylation of electronically biased unsymmetrical diaryl sulfoxide lies in the oxidative addition step of the catalytic cycle, as oxidative addition of methoxyphenyl 4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl sulfoxide to the Ni(0) complex occurs selectively to give the structurally characterized complex trans-[Ni(ICy)\(_{2}\)(4-CF\(_{3}\)-C\(_{6}\)H\(_{4}\)){(SO)-4-MeO-C\(_{6}\)H\(_{4}\)}] 4. For complex 5, the isomer trans-[Ni(ICy)\(_{2}\)(C\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))(OSC\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))] 5-I was structurally characterized in which the phenyl sulfinyl ligand is bound via the oxygen atom to nickel. In solution, the complex trans-[Ni(ICy)\(_{2}\)(C\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))(OSC\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))] 5-I is in equilibrium with the S-bonded isomer trans-[Ni(ICy)\(_{2}\)(C\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))(SOC\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))] 5, as shown by NMR spectroscopy. DFT calculations reveal that these isomers are separated by a mere 0.3 kJ/mol (M06/def2-TZVP-level of theory) and connected via a transition state trans-[Ni(ICy)\(_{2}\)(C\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))(η\(^{2}\)-{SO}-C\(_{6}\)H\(_{5}\))], which lies only 10.8 kcal/mol above 5.
KW  - Boron
KW  - cross-coupling
KW  - N-heterocyclic carbenes
KW  - nickel
KW  - borylation
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256778
VL  - 27
IS  - 31
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liu, Zhiqiang
A1  - Kole, Goutam Kumar
A1  - Budiman, Yudha P.
A1  - Tian, Ya-Ming
A1  - Friedrich, Alexandra
A1  - Luo, Xiaoling
A1  - Westcott, Stephen A.
A1  - Radius, Udo
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
T1  - Transition metal catalyst-free, base-promoted 1,2-additions of polyfluorophenylboronates to aldehydes and ketones
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - A novel protocol for the transition metal-free 1,2-addition of polyfluoroaryl boronate esters to aldehydes and ketones is reported, which provides secondary alcohols, tertiary alcohols, and ketones. Control experiments and DFT calculations indicate that both the ortho-F substituents on the polyfluorophenyl boronates and the counterion K\(^+\) in the carbonate base are critical. The distinguishing features of this procedure include the employment of commercially available starting materials and the broad scope of the reaction with a wide variety of carbonyl compounds giving moderate to excellent yields. Intriguing structural features involving O−H⋅⋅⋅O and O−H⋅⋅⋅N hydrogen bonding, as well as arene-perfluoroarene interactions, in this series of racemic polyfluoroaryl carbinols have also been addressed.
KW  - inorganic chemistry
KW  - transition metal-free
KW  - alcohol
KW  - 1,2-additionreaction
KW  - boronateesters
KW  - fluoroarene
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256487
VL  - 60
IS  - 30
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Budiman, Yudha P.
A1  - Westcott, Stephen A.
A1  - Radius, Udo
A1  - Marder, Todd B.
T1  - Fluorinated Aryl Boronates as Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis
JF  - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
N2  - Organoboron compounds are well known building blocks for many organic reactions. However, under basic conditions, polyfluorinated aryl boronic acid derivatives suffer from instability issues that are accelerated in compounds containing an ortho‐fluorine group, which result in the formation of the corresponding protodeboronation products. Therefore, a considerable amount of research has focused on novel methodologies to synthesize these valuable compounds while avoiding the protodeboronation issue. This review summarizes the latest developments in the synthesis of fluorinated aryl boronic acid derivatives and their applications in cross‐coupling reactions and other transformations.

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KW  - homogeneous catalysis
KW  - boron reagents
KW  - boronates
KW  - fluorine
KW  - fluoroarene
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225908
VL  - 363
IS  - 9
SP  - 2224
EP  - 2255
ER  -