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Recent advances in the synthesis and reactivity of MIDA boronates
Debasis Aich1, Parveen Kumar1, Debraj Ghorai1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India. spanda@chem.iitkgp.ac.in.
Abstract:
Organoboron compounds have a wide-range of applications in synthetic methodologies, natural products, and bioactive molecule synthesis. The sensitivity of boronic acid toward most synthetic reagents makes it necessary to introduce a protecting group before its utilization. Benchtop stable MIDA boronates have been found compatible with various common synthetic reagents which opens the doors for the synthesis of various small building blocks, natural products, and bioactive compounds. MIDA boronate compounds have been extensively utilized in Suzuki Miyaura coupling and Iterative cross-coupling reactions for the total synthesis of bioactive molecules and polymerization reactions. Different MIDA boronate compounds like vinyl, acyl, formyl, acrylic, and α-carbonyl MIDA boronates also act as novel synthetic building blocks for various synthetic transformations in organic synthesis. This paper summarizes the importance of MIDA boronate compounds in various aspects of organic chemistry.
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