Direct reaction of dibromoborane-methyl sulfide, HBBr2. cntdot. S (CH3) 2, with alkenes. The remarkable reactivity of dibromoborane-methyl sulfide as a hydroborating …

HC Brown, N Ravindran

Index: Brown,H.C.; Ravindran,N. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1977 , vol. 99, p. 7097 - 7098

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Abstract

Sir: In contrast to dichloroborane-ethyl ether and dichloroborane-methyl sulfide, which require the presence of a Lewis acid, usually boron trichloride, for the satisfactory hydroboration of alkenes, the new reagent, dibromoborane-methyl sulfide, readily hydroborates representative alkenes directly. This development makes readily available for the first time such alkyldibromoboranes and the numerous derivatives into which they can ...