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NaBH4+CH3COOH CH3COOBH3Na 1.n-C4H9CH CH2
2.HOn-C4H9CH2CH2OH
(4)
22 OH
75%
Selectivehydroborationofole nicmoietyinthepres-enceofcarboxylicacidgroupwasreportedfromthislaboratory(Eq.(5))[9].
(5)
Also,anewmethodofconversionofole nstodialkylketonewasdeveloped(Eq.(6))[10].NaBH1.AcOH–THF
1.CHCl3–NaOMe
4 2.n-C8H17CH CH2
2.H2O2–OH 25°C,12h(n-C8H17CH2CH2)2C O
(6)
80%
Amethodofconversionofterminalalkenestocar-boxylicacidsthroughhydroborationofole nswasalsodeveloped(Eq.(7))[11].Thismethodprovidesasimple,one-potsynthesisofcarboxylicacidsfromterminalalkenes.
(7)
Also,variouscombinationsofmetalsaltsandborohy-drides,suchasSnCl4–NaBH4[12],TiCl4–NaBH4[13],TiCl4–PhCH2N+(Et)3BH 4[14]andCoCl2–NaBH4[15]havebeenreportedtoeffecthydroborationofole ns.WhereastheCoCl2–NaBH4combinationbehavesasahydroboratingagentwhenthereactioniscarriedoutwithTHFfor2hatroomtemperature(r.t.)beforetheadditionofalkene,itworksasahydrogenatingagent[15]inmethanol(Eq.(8)).Thismethodhassomeadvantagesoverthereportedmethodusingalcoholicmedium[16].
(8)
Chiralsemicorrin1–3cobaltcomplexescanbepre-paredreadilyusingCoCl2andthecorrespondingfreeligands.Thesecomplexesareef cientenantioselectivecatalystsfortheconjugatereductionofa,b-unsaturated
carboxylates(Eq.(9))[17]anda,b-unsaturatedcarbox-amides[18]usingNaBH4.
(9)
ChalconesundergofacilereductiononreactionwithNiCl2–NaBH4systemtoafforddihydrochalcones(Eq.(10))[19].TheuseofcopperorcobaltchlorideinplaceofNiCl2isnotasef cientforthisapplication.
(10)
TheNaBH4reactswithI2togivediborane(Eq.(11))[20a].
2NaBH4+I2 B2H6+H2+2NaI
(11)
Thereactive‘H3B–THF’speciescanbeeasilygeneratedinsitubymixingNaBH4andI2inTHF[20b].Hydro-borationofalkenesusingthisNaBH4–I2systeminTHFfollowedbyoxidationgivesthecorrespondinganti-Markovnikovalcohols(Eqs.(12)and(13))ingoodyields[21,22].
n-CNaBH4–I2
H2O2
8H17CH CH2 THF NaOHn-C8H17CH92%
2CH2OH
(12)
(13)
Later,itwasreportedthatelectrochemicaloxidationofNaBH4usingcatalyticamountsofsodiumiodidegivesdiboranethathydroboratesole ns(Eq.(14))[23].
(14)
TheMe3SiCl–PhCH2N+
(Et)3BH 4
reagentsystemhasbeenreportedtoeffecthydroborationofole nstogiveanti-Markovnikovalcoholsafteroxidation(Eq.(15))[24].
CH1.PhCH2N+(Et3)B H4
3(CH2)6CH CH2 Me3
SiCl,CHCl
2.H2O2 OH2
2
CH3(CH2)7CH2OH
(15)
72%