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Yuliang Xu1, Xinying Yang1, Hao Fang1
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmacy , Shandong University , 44 West Wenhua Road , Jinan , Shandong 250012 , P. R. China.
Abstract:
We developed a photocatalyst-free and additive-free, visible light induced borylation reaction using arylazo sulfones as starting material. This protocol shows some advantages such as mild conditions, simple equipment, and wide substrate scope, which gives a complementary protocol for the preparation of arylboronates.
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