One-pot borylation/Suzuki-Miyaura sp2-sp3 cross-coupling

Recent Expedition in Pd- and Rh-Catalyzed C(Ar) -B Bond Formations and Their Applications in Modern Organic Syntheses

Transition metal-catalyzed borylation has emerged as a powerful and versatile strategy for synthesizing organoboron compounds. These compounds have found widespread applications in various aspects, including organic synthesis, materials science, and medicinal chemistry. This review provides a concise summary of the recent advances in palladium- and rhodium-catalyzed borylation from 2013 to 2023. The review covers the representative examples of catalysts, substrates scope and reaction conditions, with particular emphasis on the development of catalyst systems, such as phosphine ligands, NHC-carbene, and more. The diverse array of borylative products obtained for further applications in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, and other transformations, are also discussed. Future directions in this rapidly evolving field, with the goal of designing more efficient, selective borylation methodologies are highlighted, too.

Regioselective Synthesis of Benzo-Fused Tetrahydroisoquinoline-Based Biaryls through a Tandem One-Pot Halogenation of p-Benzynes from Enediynes and Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling

A regioselective halogenation of p-benzyne derived from a nonaromatic enediyne core via Bergman cyclization and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of the resulting haloarene in one-pot is disclosed. For the one-pot protocol to work, the reaction conditions were modified compared to an earlier reported procedure ( J. Org. Chem. 2019 , 84 , 2911 - 2921 ) by reducing the amount of lithium iodide and exclusion of pivalic acid. Under these modified conditions, the products, benzo-fused tetrahydroisoquinoline-based biaryl derivatives were obtained in overall high to excellent yields (71-90%).

Bedford-Type Palladacycle-Catalyzed Miyaura Borylation of Aryl Halides with Tetrahydroxydiboron in Water

A mild aqueous protocol for palladium catalyzed Miyaura borylation of aryl iodides, aryl bromides and aryl chlorides with tetrahydroxydiboron (BBA) as a borylating agent is developed. The developed methodology requires low catalyst loading of Bedford-type palladacycle catalyst (0.05 mol %) and works best under mild reaction conditions at 40 °C in short time of 6 h in water. In addition, our studies show that for Miyaura borylation using BBA in aqueous condition, maintaining a neutral reaction pH is very important for reproducibility and higher yields of corresponding borylated products. Moreover, our protocol is applicable for a broad range of aryl halides, corresponding borylated products are obtained in excellent yields up to 93% with 29 examples demonstrating its broad utility and functional group tolerance.