Boronic Acid Catalysis as a Mild and Versatile Strategy for Direct Carbo??and Heterocyclizations of Free Allylic Alcohols

H Zheng, S Ghanbari, S Nakamura…

Index: Zheng, Hongchao; Ghanbari, Sina; Nakamura, Shinji; Hall, Dennis G. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 25 p. 6187 - 6190

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Abstract

The ability to activate simple electrophilic functional groups directly without recourse to intermediary functionalities like halides and pseudohalides (eg, sulfonates, oxyphosphonium) has become an important goal of modern organic chemistry.[1] Boronic acid catalysis (BAC) is emerging as a mild and effective strategy for the direct, covalent activation of alcohols and carboxylic acids.[2] Important reactions such as direct ...