A General Synthesis of Ketones from Alkenes via Stepwise Hydroboration with Thexylchloroborane

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo01310a069

Thexylalkylchloroboranes, reduced in the presence of a second alkene, produced mixed thexyldialkylboranes in high purity.These derivatives are readily transformed into the corresponding ketones by carbonylation or cyanidation, providing for the first time a general conversion of two different olefins into the corresponding ketone.