Internal borylation occurs upon activation of aryl di-isopropylphosphinite boranes with HNTf2 to give heterocyclic intermediates that can be reductively quenched to afford 6 or treated with KHF2 to give the phenolic potassium aryl trifluoroborate salts 10. The latter salts are useful for Pd-catalyzed coupling with aryl iodides under Molander conditions, provided that precautions are taken to remove the KNTf2 byproduct from the preceding KHF2 step.
Internal borylation occurs upon activation of aryl di-isopropylphosphinite boranes with HNTf2 to give heterocyclic intermediates that can be reductively quenched to afford 6 or treated with KHF2 to give the phenolic potassium aryl trifluoroborate salts 10. The latter salts are useful for Pd-catalyzed coupling with aryl iodides under Molander conditions, provided that precautions are taken to remove the KNTf2 byproduct from the preceding KHF2 step.