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Veryrecently,ithasbeenreportedthatthetetrabutyl-ammoniumborohydrideliberatesdiboraneinsolventssuchasCH2Cl2,CHCl3andCCl4.Anumberofterminal,internalandcyclicalkeneswerehydroboratedusingthisborohydride(Eq.(16))[25].
(16)
The1-alkynesundergodihydroborationtoyieldthecorrespondingterminalalcoholsafteroxidation.Gener-ally,thedisubstitutedalkynesgivevinylboranesthatonoxidationoffordketonesasthemajorproduct(Eqs.(17)and(18))[25,26].However,thediphenylacetyleneyields1,2-diphenylethanolasthemajorproductthroughdihy-droborationundertheseconditions.
CNaBH4 Bu4N+Cl
6H5C CC6H5 CHClC6H5CH(OH)CH2C6H5
3
83%(17)CHNaBH4 Bu4N+Cl
3CH2C CCH2CH3
CHCl3
CH3CH2CO(CH90%
2)2CH3
(18)
ThePdCl2–NaBH4–polyethyleneglycol(PEG)–CH2Cl2systemiseffectiveforhydrogenationofcar-bon carbontriplebondstothecorrespondingcis-alkenes(Eq.(19))[27].Thisreagenthasadvantagesoffasterratesandhigherselectivity.
(19)
3.Reductionofcarboxylicacids
TheNaBH4givesacyloxyborohydridespeciesonreac-tionwithcarboxylicacidsinTHFthathydroborateole ns.Theacyloxymoietiesinsuchacyloxyborohydridesremainunchangedunderambientconditions.However,onehalfoftheacyloxymoietyundergoesreductionuponheatingtogivethecorrespondingalcohol(Eq.(20))[28].
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AsimilarreactionwasalsoobservedusingNaBH4,RCOOHandcatecholat25°C(Eq.(21))[29].
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AliphaticcarboxylicacidsarereducedbyNaBH4tothecorrespondingalcoholsingoodyieldswhenRCOOHandCF3COOHareusedin1:1ratiounderambientconditions(Eq.(22)).However,thearomaticacidsgivepooryields(e.g.benzoicacid20%).Also,theNaBH4–CF3COOHcombinationisgoodforthereductionofaliphaticcarboxylicacids(65–95%yields).Again,aro-maticacidsgivepoorresultsundertheseconditions(30%).
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TheZnCl2–NaBH4reagentsystemreadilyreducesbothaliphaticandaromaticacidstothecorrespondingalcoholsinre uxingTHF(Eq.(23))[30].Thereactionrequiresonlystoichiometricquantitiesofhydrideforthisconversion.Also,dicarboxylicacidsarereducedtothecorrespondingdiolsundertheseconditions.RCOOH NaBH4 ZnCl2
THF,D
RCH2OH
(23)
R=alkyl/aryl
70 95%
ThereagentpreparedusingZrCl4andNaBH4reducesthecarboxylicacidsinexcellentyieldsundermildcondi-tions(Eq.(24))[31].
PhCOOH NaBH4 ZrCl4
THF,rt,5h
PhCH85%
2OH
(24)
CarboxylicacidsarereducedtothecorrespondingalcoholsunderambientconditionsbytheNaBH4–I2reagentsysteminverygoodyieldswithsomeselectivities(Eqs.(25)and(26))[32].
CHNaBH4–I2
3(CH2)8COOH THF
CH3(CH2)8CH2OH
(25)
0–25°C
95%
(26)