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Iron-Catalyzed Miyaura Borylation of Aryl Chlorides and Triflates
Patrick Daley-Dee1, James Clarke2, Sebastien Monfette3
1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
Abstract:
Simple aryl chlorides represent challenging substrates in iron-catalyzed borylation. A combination of Li[B(tBu)pin-Bpin] as the borylating reagent and a catalyst formed in situ from iron(II) triflate and the commercially available N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, IMes, gives significantly improved activity and a much broader scope than previously reported iron-based catalysts. Iron triflate is also a good precatalyst for the borylation of aryl triflates─a previously unreported transformation─and in these cases the IMes ligand is not required.
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