Chemoselective oxidation of aryl organoboron systems enabled by boronic acid-selective phase transfer

John J. Molloy, Thomas Aidan Clohessy, Craig Irving, Niall A. Anderson, Guy C. Lloyd-Jones, Allan J. B. Watson

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Abstract

We report the direct chemoselective Brown-type oxidation of aryl organoboron systems containing two oxidizable boron groups. Basic biphasic reaction conditions enable selective formation and phase transfer of a boronic acid trihydroxyboronate in the presence of boronic acid pinacol (BPin) esters, while avoiding speciation equilibria. Spectroscopic investigations validate a base-promoted phase-selective discrimination of organoboron species. This phenomenon is general across a broad range of organoboron compounds and can also be used to invert conventional protecting group strategies, enabling chemoselective oxidation of BMIDA species over normally more reactive BPin substrates. We also demonstrate the selective oxidation of diboronic acid systems with chemoselectivity predictable a priori. The utility of this method is exemplified through the development of a chemoselective oxidative nucleophile coupling.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1551-1559
JournalChemical Science
Volume8
Issue number2
Early online date27 Oct 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • Aryl organoboron
  • Organoboron compounds
  • Chemoselective oxidative nucleophile coupling

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