Table 2: Monoborylation of 1,3-enyne compounds with 1- or 2-substitu-
steric demand around the double bond (Scheme 2b), ligand-
controlled regioselective borylation was observed. The syn-
thetic utility of the reaction products was further demon-
strated through the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling and the
Diels–Alder reaction. In addition, a preliminary result for the
asymmetric 1,2-monoborylation of 1,3-enyne (84% ee) is also
reported.
The regioselectivity in the copper(I)-catalyzed monobor-
ylation of 1,3-enyne compounds containing several substitu-
tion patterns was investigated. We initially studied the 1,3-
enyne with a terminal double bond and an internal triple bond
such as 1-octen-3-yne (1a). The reaction was initiated by the
addition of 2.0 equivalents of methanol to the mixture of 1a,
1.5 equivalents of bis(pinacolato)diboron 2, and 5 mol% of
Cu(OtBu)/xantphos in THF at room temperature (Table 1,
tion.[a]
Entry Substrate
Ligand
Product
Yield 3/5[c]
[%][b]
1[d]
2[e]
xantphos
PPh3
65
64
>99:1
7:93
3
4
xantphos
PPh3
58
66
>99:1
1:>99
Table 1: Monoborylation of 1,3-enyne compounds bearing a terminal
double bond.[a]
5[f]
6[f]
xantphos 3d
61
80
>99:1
1:>99
PPh3
5e
7[e]
8[e]
xanphos
PPh3
52
65
92:8
Entry Substrate
Ligand
Product
Yield 3/4[c]
[%][b]
1:>99
1
xantphos
dppe
dppbz
PPh3
87
61
60
80
0
>95:5
2[d]
3[d]
4[d]
5
>95:5
>95:5
>95:5
–
[a] Reaction conditions: 1 (0.25 mmol), 2 (0.375 mmol), Cu(OtBu)
(5 mol%, 0.0125 mmol), ligand (5 mol%, 0.0125 mmol), THF
(0.25 mL), and methanol (0.5 mmol). [b] Yield of isolated product.
[c] Determined by 1H NMR or GC analysis of the crude reaction mixture.
[d] Reaction time was 2.8 h. [e] 1.1 equivalents of diboron 2 was used.
[f] 5 mol% of CuCl and 50 mol% of K(OtBu) were used instead of
Cu(OtBu).
none
6
7
xantphos
PPh3
88
89
>95:5
>95:5
8
9
xantphos
PPh3
83
79
94:6
>95:5
or 2-monosubstitution around the double bond afforded
either 3-alkynylboronate 3 or 1,3-dienylboronate 5 selectively
(Table 2).[14] With the xantphos ligand, the reaction of 1-
substituted 1,3-enyne 1d afforded the corresponding 3-
alkynylboronate 3d with excellent regioselectivity (3/5 >
99:1; Table 2, entry 1). In contrast, the reaction with PPh3
gave 1,3-dienylboronate 5d with high regioselectivity (3/5 =
7:93; Table 2, entry 2). The reaction with an (E)-alkene
substrate also gave either 3-alkynylboronate 3d and 1,3-
dienylboronate 5e, respectively, thus demonstrating that the
alkene geometry (E or Z) did not affect the selectivity
outcome (Table 2, entries 3 and 4). This reaction was also
performed with the easily available CuCl/K(OtBu) precata-
lyst instead of Cu(OtBu) (Table 2, entries 5 and 6). This same
type of product profile was also observed in the reaction with
2-substituted 1,3-enyne 1 f (Table 2, entries 7 and 8).
We further tested the reaction of 1,3-enyne compounds
with di- or trisubstitution around the double bond (Table 3).
1-Propynylcyclohexene 1g was converted into the corre-
sponding 1,3-dienylboronate 5g in quantitative yield and with
high regioselectivity (5/6 > 95:5; Table 3, entry 1). Other
possible regioisomers, such as 3-alkynylboronate or 1,2-
dienylboronate were not detected. Using other bidentate
ligands afforded 5g in high regioselectivity; however, the
yields were lower when compared with the reaction using
[a] Reaction conditions: 1 (0.25 mmol), 2 (0.275–0.375 mmol), Cu-
(OtBu) (5 mol%, 0.0125 mmol), ligand (5 mol%, 0.0125 mmol), THF
(0.25 mL), and methanol (0.5 mmol). [b] Yield of isolated product.
[c] Determined by 1H NMR or GC analysis of the crude reaction mixture.
[d] Yield based on 1H NMR analysis of the crude reaction mixture.
dppbz=1,2-bis(diphenylphosphonio)benzene, dppe=l,2-bis(diphenyl-
phosphino)ethane, pin=pinacolato.
entry 1). The reaction was complete within 2 hours and gave
3-alkynylboronate 3a in 87% yield with high regioselectivity
(3/4 > 95:5). This reaction is the first example of the type I
hydroboration of 1,3-enynes. Reactions using other diphos-
phine ligands such as dppe and dppbz resulted in lower yields
(60–61%; Table 1, entries 2 and 3). The reaction with PPh3
also afforded 3a in high yield (80%; Table 1, entry 4). In the
absence of the ligand, the reaction did not proceed (Table 1,
entry 5).[13] The reaction of 1,3-enynes with cHex or Ph groups
at the 4-position proceeded to furnish the corresponding 3-
alkynylboronates 3 selectively (79–89%, 3/4 = 94:6 to > 95:5;
Table 1, entries 6–9).
We next investigated the reaction of 1,3-enyne com-
pounds with other substituent patterns. Interestingly, by
changing the ligand the reaction with 1,3-enynes bearing 1-
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