Electrochemical Reaction of Organoboranes in the Presence of Propenoic Acid Esters. A Convenient Carboxylic Ester Synthesis from Organoboranes

Y Takahashi, K Yuasa, M Tokuda, M Itoh…

Index: Takahashi,Y. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1978 , vol. 51, # 1 p. 339 - 340

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Abstract

Electrolysis of trialkylboranes using two platinum electrodes in the presence of α, β- unsaturated esters in an acetonitrile solution containing tetraalkylammonium halide as a supporting electrolyte, produces the corresponding alkylated carboxylic acid esters in good yields.