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Synfacts 2009(8): 0898-0898
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217488
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217488
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag
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NHC-Catalyzed Boron Conjugate Additions to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
K.-s. Lee, A. R. Zhugralin, A. H. Hoveyda*
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA
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Publication History
Publication Date:
23 July 2009 (online)
Significance
A novel efficient method for the formation of C-B bonds is reported. This method is based on a metal-free N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed conjugate addition of bis(pinacolato)diboron to cyclic and acyclic α,β-unsaturated carbonyls, including lactones, esters, and ketones.