CAS 72824-04-5: Allylboronic acid pinacol cyclic ester

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Allylboronic acid, pinacol ester

Applications Allylboronic acid pinacol ester Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package

Allylboronic acid pinacol ester reacts with carboxylic acids, in the presence of tri-n-butyltin hydride, to give homoallylic alcohols in good yield. Homoallylic alcohols can also be formed by allylboration of aldehydes. It is a reagent used for palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions and olefin metathesis, intermolecular radical additions, allylboration of aldehydes catalyzed by chiral spirobiindane diol (SPINOL) based phosphoric acids, cobalt-catalyzed regioselective hydrovinylation of dienes with alkenes, nucleic acid-templated energy transfer leading to a photorelease reaction and stereoselective indium-catalyzed Hosomi-Sakurai reactions. This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.

Allylboronic acid pinacol ester is an allylation reagent that is used to produce aldehydes from ketones. It reacts with water, yielding the desired product and formaldehyde as a byproduct. The reaction proceeds through a sequence of steps, in which the boronate ester first reacts with water to form an allylboronate ion and hydrogen gas. This intermediate then reacts with potassium t-butoxide to produce the desired allyl alcohol and potassium borohydride. Finally, the palladium complex catalyst reduces the carbonyl group of the starting material, converting it into an aldehyde. Allylboronic acid pinacol ester is commercially available as a white solid, but can also be synthesized from 2-chloro-5-pinacolylborane (pinacol) in high yield using catalytic cross coupling reactions.