Cobalt-catalysed Markovnikov selective hydroboration of vinylarenes.
Jingying PengJamie H DochertyAndrew P DomineyStephen P ThomasPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
A bipyridiyl-oxazoline cobalt catalyst tBuBPOCoCl2 has been developed for the Markovnikov selective hydroboration of alkenes using pinacolborane and NaOtBu as the in situ activator with up to >98 : 2 branched : linear selectivity (24 examples, 45-92% isolated yield).