Organic letters

A highly enantioselective and diastereoselective synthesis of cyclobutanes via boronic esters

HW Man, WC Hiscox, DS Matteson

Index: Organic Letters, , vol. 1, # 3 p. 379 - 381

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... Volume: Page: ... Organic Letters. ... The reaction of allyl bromide with boron trichloride and triethylsilane was used to prepare (3-bromopropyl)dichloroborane (1), 3 which was converted to pinacol (3-bromopropyl)boronate (2). Treatment of 2 with sodium cyanide in ...