An investigation of thiophene boronates has revealed the usefulness of a metalation reaction in the synthesis of various lithiated thiophene boronates, which were further converted to functionalized thiopheneboronic derivatives. The lithiation of 2- and 3-thienylboronic N-butyldiethanolamine (BDEA) esters with lithium diisopropylamide and lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide showed that both boronated