Bench-Stable Sulfoxide-Based Boronates: Preparation and Application in a Tandem Suzuki Reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/adsc.201801000

A set of novel aromatic and heteroaromatic bench-stable sulfoxide-based boronates was prepared. The structure of the boronates was established by means of X-ray crystallography, and the prepared boronates were successively used in Suzuki cross-coupling reactions under different conditions. We also developed a tandem Suzuki reaction so that a base is generated during the nucleophilic addition of Grignard reagents to 4-bromobenzaldehyde. The formed intermediates were smoothly coupled with the prepared boronates and the boronic acids under external base-free conditions. (Figure presented.).