Synlett 2013; 24(14): 1745-1747
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339645
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Iron-Catalyzed Alkene Hydroboration with Pinacolborane

Lei Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(21)54925533   Email: huangzh@sioc.ac.cn
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Zheng Huang*
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(21)54925533   Email: huangzh@sioc.ac.cn
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Publication History

Received: 14 June 2013

Accepted after revision: 30 July 2013

Publication Date:
08 August 2013 (online)


Abstract

Well-defined iron complexes have been studied intensively as an alternative for precious-metal catalysts in recent years. Here we highlight the opportunities of using iron complexes as catalysts in diene and alkene hydroboration. The iron complexes, supported by suitable ligands, can be superior to precious-metal systems in terms of efficiency and selectivity for alkene hydroborations with pinacolborane.