Rhodium(I) catalysed diboration of (E)-styrylboronate esters: molecular structures of (E)-p-MeO–C6H4–CHCH–B(1,2-O2C6H4) and p-MeO–C6H4–CH2C{B(1,2-O2C6H4)}3
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Paul Nguyen、R.Benjamin Coapes、Alden D Woodward、Nicholas J Taylor、Jacquelyn M Burke、Judith A.K Howard、Todd B Marder                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1016/s0022-328x(02)01310-4
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2002.6
                                    
                                    Diboration of the styrylboronate esters (E)-p-R-C6H4-CH=CH-Bcat (1) (R = H, (1a) MeO (1b); cat = 1,2-O2C6H4), with B(2)cat(2) in the presence of a variety of rhodium phosphine catalysts gives predominantly either p-R-C6H4-CH2C(Bcat)(3)), (2), which contains three boronate ester groups on one carbon atom, or its isomer p-R-C6H4-CH(Bcat)CH(Bcat)(2) (3). The formation of 2 apparently involves regiospecific insertion of the vinylboronates into a Rh-B bond followed by P-hydride elimination, another regiospecific insertion of the 2,2-vinyl bis(boronate) into the remaining Rh-B bond followed by C-H reductive elimination leading to 2,2-diboration and a 2.1-hydrogen shift. Wilkinson's catalyst (7) gives the highest yields of 2 with 75 and 71% yields from la and 1b, respectively, while [Rh(COE)(2)(mu-Cl)](2) (10) with two equivalents of P(o-tol)(3) gave 3 in highest yield with 50 and 49% from 1a and 1b, respectively. The crystal structure of (E)-p-MeO-C6H4-CH=CH-Bcat shows the molecule to be essentially planar. with the phenyl ring twisted slightly out of the plane. The tris(boronate) p-MeO-C6H4-CH2C(Bcat)(3) crystallises with two independent molecules in the unit cell, which differ in the rotational orientation of the phenyl ring in relation to the catecholate groups: the latter are arranged in a propeller-like fashion. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.