Reactivity of highly Lewis acidic diborane(4) towards pyridine and isocyanide: formation of boraalkene–pyridine complex and ortho-functionalized pyridine derivatives

Base-controlled highly selective synthesis of alkyl 1,2-bis(boronates) or 1,1,2-tris(boronates) from terminal alkynes

(2017) Guoliang Gao et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Metal-Free Synthesis of C-4 Substituted Pyridine Derivatives Using Pyridine-boryl Radicals via a Radical Addition/Coupling Mechanism: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study

(2017) Guoqiang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

C–O Functionalization of α-Oxyboronates: A Deoxygenative gem-Diborylation and gem-Silylborylation of Aldehydes and Ketones

(2017) Lu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Practical and Asymmetric Reductive Coupling of Isoquinolines Templated by Chiral Diborons

(2017) Dongping Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Simple and Efficient Generation of Aryl Radicals from Aryl Triflates: Synthesis of Aryl Boronates and Aryl Iodides at Room Temperature

(2017) Wenbo Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transition-metal-free synthesis of 1,1-diboronate esters with a fully substituted benzylic center via diborylation of lithiated carbamates

(2017) Haonan Zhao et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Isonicotinate Ester Catalyzed Decarboxylative Borylation of (Hetero)Aryl and Alkenyl Carboxylic Acids through N-Hydroxyphthalimide Esters

(2017) Wan-Min Cheng et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photoinduced decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids

(2017) Alexander Fawcett et al.   SCIENCE

Borylation of aryldiazonium salts at room temperature in an aqueous solution under catalyst-free conditions

(2017) Xinxin Qi et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Transition-Metal-Free Borylation of Allylic and Propargylic Alcohols

(2016) Núria Miralles et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Homolytic Cleavage of a B−B Bond by the Cooperative Catalysis of Two Lewis Bases: Computational Design and Experimental Verification

(2016) Guoqiang Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

New outcomes of Lewis base addition to diboranes(4): electronic effects override strong steric disincentives

(2016) Nicole Arnold et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Diboron(4) Compounds: From Structural Curiosity to Synthetic Workhorse

(2016) Emily C. Neeve et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Undeniable Confirmation of the syn -Addition Mechanism for Metal-Free Diboration by Using the Crystalline Sponge Method

(2016) Ana B. Cuenca et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Metal-Free Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Water: Expeditious Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles Mediated by Diboronic Acid

(2016) Yun-Tao Xia et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Desymmetrizing Electron-Deficient Diboranes(4): Diverse Products and Their Reactivity

(2016) Nicole Arnold et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Theoretical Study of Nickel-Catalyzed Selective Alkenylation of Pyridine: Reaction Mechanism and Crucial Roles of Lewis Acid and Ligands in Determining the Selectivity

(2016) Vijay Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Substituent Directed Phototransformations of BN-Heterocycles: Elimination vs Isomerization via Selective B–C Bond Cleavage

(2016) Deng-Tao Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Carbohydrate-Catalyzed Enantioselective Alkene Diboration: Enhanced Reactivity of 1,2-Bonded Diboron Complexes

(2016) Lichao Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pyridine-Catalyzed Radical Borylation of Aryl Halides

(2016) Li Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Scalable, Metal- and Additive-Free, Photoinduced Borylation of Haloarenes and Quaternary Arylammonium Salts

(2016) Adelphe M. Mfuh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible-Light Photoredox Borylation of Aryl Halides and Subsequent Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation

(2016) Min Jiang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Ring Contraction of a Pinacolatoboryl Group To Form a 1,2-Oxaboretane Ring: Reaction of Unsymmetrical Diborane(4) with 2,6-Dimethylphenyl Isocyanide

(2016) Yuhei Katsuma et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

One-pot Suzuki coupling of aromatic amines via visible light photocatalyzed metal free borylation using t-BuONO at room temperature

(2016) Sabir Ahammed et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Efficient metal-free photochemical borylation of aryl halides under batch and continuous-flow conditions

(2016) Kai Chen et al.   Chemical Science

Allylic borylation of tertiary allylic alcohols: a divergent and straightforward access to allylic boronates

(2016) Kohei Harada et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Synthesis of 1,1-Diborylalkenes through a Brønsted Base Catalyzed Reaction between Terminal Alkynes and Bis(pinacolato)diboron

(2015) Akira Morinaga et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A mild carbon–boron bond formation from diaryliodonium salts

(2015) N. Miralles et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mixed diboration of alkenes in a metal-free context

(2015) Nuria Miralles et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Photocatalytic activation of pyridine for addition reactions: an unconventional reaction feature between a photo-induced hole and electron on TiO2

(2015) Dongge Ma et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

sp2–sp3 diboranes: astounding structural variability and mild sources of nucleophilic boron for organic synthesis

(2015) Rian D. Dewhurst et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Lowering the Reduction Potential of a Boron Compound by Means of the Substituent Effect of the Boryl Group: One-Electron Reduction of an Unsymmetrical Diborane(4)

(2015) Hiroki Asakawa et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Organosulfide-Catalyzed Diboration of Terminal Alkynes under Light

(2015) Aya Yoshimura et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Organocatalytic Diboration Involving “Reductive Addition” of a Boron–Boron σ-Bond to 4,4′-Bipyridine

(2015) Toshimichi Ohmura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Aminomethylation Reaction of ortho-Pyridyl C–H Bonds Catalyzed by Group 3 Metal Triamido Complexes

(2015) Haruki Nagae et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Origins of observed reactivity and specificity in the addition of B2Cl4 and analogues to unsaturated compounds

(2015) Cristina Pubill-Ulldemolins et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Cross-dehydrogenative coupling of α-C(sp3)–H of ethers/alkanes with C(sp2)–H of heteroarenes under metal-free conditions

(2015) Srinivas Ambala et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Anti-Selective Vicinal Silaboration and Diboration of Alkynoates through Phosphine Organocatalysis

(2015) Kazunori Nagao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Unexpected Dual Role of Titanium Dioxide in the Visible Light Heterogeneous Catalyzed C–H Arylation of Heteroarenes

(2015) Jochen Zoller et al.   ACS Catalysis

Silver-Catalyzed Arylation of (Hetero)arenes by Oxidative Decarboxylation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids

(2014) Jian Kan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct α-Arylation of Ethers through the Combination of Photoredox-Mediated CH Functionalization and the Minisci Reaction

(2014) Jian Jin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct arylation of pyridines without the use of a transition metal catalyst

(2014) Yahui Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A Clear-Cut Example of Selective BpinBdan Activation and Precise Bdan Transfer on Boron Conjugate Addition

(2014) Jessica Cid et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Direct Arylation of N-Heteroarenes with Aryldiazonium Salts by Photoredox Catalysis in Water

(2014) Dong Xue et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Trans-Diborylation of Alkynes: Pseudo-Intramolecular Strategy Utilizing a Propargylic Alcohol Unit

(2014) Yuki Nagashima et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and Late-Stage Functionalization of Complex Molecules through C–H Fluorination and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

(2014) Patrick S. Fier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hydroxyl-Directed Stereoselective Diboration of Alkenes

(2014) Thomas P. Blaisdell et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Facile scission of isonitrile carbon–nitrogen triple bond using a diborane(4) reagent

(2014) Hiroki Asakawa et al.   Nature Communications

Metalated N-heterocyclic reagents prepared by the frustrated Lewis pair TMPMgCl·BF3 and their addition to aromatic aldehydes and activated ketones

(2013) Sophia M. Manolikakes et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Cesium Carbonate Mediated Borylation of Aryl Iodides with Diboron in Methanol

(2013) Jieming Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Diboran(4)yl Platinum(II) Complexes

(2013) Holger Braunschweig et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

TMEDA-Assisted Effective Direct Ortho Arylation of Electron-Deficient N-Heteroarenes with Aromatic Grignard Reagents

(2013) Fang-Fang Zhuo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Metal-free borylative ring-opening of vinyl epoxides and aziridines

(2013) Xavier Sanz et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Formal Carbon Insertion of N-Tosylhydrazone into B–B and B–Si Bonds: gem-Diborylation and gem-Silylborylation of sp3 Carbon

(2013) Huan Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible-Light Photoredox in Homolytic Aromatic Substitution: Direct Arylation of Arenes with Aryl Halides

(2013) Yannan Cheng et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Selective C-H Fluorination of Pyridines and Diazines Inspired by a Classic Amination Reaction

(2013) P. S. Fier et al.   SCIENCE

Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of Pinacol Alkylboronates from Tosylhydrazones

(2012) Huan Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dearomatizing conversion of pyrazines to 1,4-dihydropyrazine derivatives via transition-metal-free diboration, silaboration, and hydroboration

(2012) Kazuyuki Oshima et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Asymmetric synthesis of α-amino boronate esters via organocatalytic pinacolboryl addition to tosylaldimines

(2012) Cristina Solé et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Iron-mediated direct arylation with arylboronic acids through an aryl radical transfer pathway

(2012) Jian Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis of Pinacol Arylboronates from Aromatic Amines: A Metal-Free Transformation

(2012) Di Qiu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A New Reagent for Direct Difluoromethylation

(2012) Yuta Fujiwara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Practical and innate carbon–hydrogen functionalization of heterocycles

(2012) Yuta Fujiwara et al.   NATURE

Asymmetric organocatalytic diboration of alkenes

(2012) Amadeu Bonet et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Essential role of phosphines in organocatalytic β-boration reaction

(2012) Cristina Pubill-Ulldemolins et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Chichibabin-Type Direct Alkylation of Pyridyl Alcohols with Alkyl Lithium Reagents

(2012) Jenna L. Jeffrey et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Transition-Metal-Free Borylation of Aryltriazene Mediated by BF3·OEt2

(2012) Chuan Zhu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Transition-Metal-Free Diboration Reaction by Activation of Diboron Compounds with Simple Lewis Bases

(2011) Amadeu Bonet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Activation of Diboron Reagents with Brønsted Bases and Alcohols: An Experimental and Theoretical Perspective of the Organocatalytic Boron Conjugate Addition Reaction

(2011) Cristina Pubill-Ulldemolins  et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Direct Arylation of Arene and N-Heteroarenes with Diaryliodonium Salts without the Use of Transition Metal Catalyst

(2011) Jun Wen et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Direct Alkylation of Heteroaryls Using Potassium Alkyl- and Alkoxymethyltrifluoroborates

(2011) Gary A. Molander et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Atom-Economical Route to Substituted Pyridines via a Scandium Imide

(2011) Benjamin F. Wicker et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization for the Synthesis of Substituted Pyridines

(2011) Yoshiaki Nakao   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Highly Selective Metalations of Pyridines and Related Heterocycles Using New Frustrated Lewis Pairs or tmp-Zinc and tmp-Magnesium Bases with BF3⋅OEt2

(2010) Milica Jaric et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-Free Catalytic Boration at the β-Position of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds: A Challenging Asymmetric Induction

(2010) Amadeu Bonet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Conversion of Arylamines to Pinacol Boronates: A Metal-Free Borylation Process

(2010) Fanyang Mo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Selective C-4 Alkylation of Pyridine by Nickel/Lewis Acid Catalysis

(2010) Yoshiaki Nakao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct C−H Arylation of Electron-Deficient Heterocycles with Arylboronic Acids

(2010) Ian B. Seiple et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

C−H Activation for the Construction of C−B Bonds

(2009) Ibraheem A. I. Mkhalid et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthesis and characterization of a series of 2-aminopyridine nickel(II) complexes and their catalytic properties toward ethylene polymerization

(2008) Zengfang Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

A Strategy for C−H Activation of Pyridines:  Direct C-2 Selective Alkenylation of Pyridines by Nickel/Lewis Acid Catalysis

(2008) Yoshiaki Nakao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY