Reactivity of a series of triaryl borates, B(OAr x ) 3 , in hydroboration catalysis.
Tomasz SokolnickiMashael M AlharbiYara van IngenShahnaz RahimMilan PramanikAlberto RoldanJȩdrzej WalkowiakRebecca L MelenPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2023)
In this paper, we compare the reactivity of a series of triaryl borates B(OAr x ) 3 as catalysts for the hydroboration of alkenes and alkynes. It was observed that commercially available B(OPh) 3 performed the poorest, whereas catalysts with o -F atoms appeared to perform much better.