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Reliably Regioselective Dialkyl Ether Cleavage with Mixed Boron Trihalides
Atienza, Bren Jordan P.,Truong, Nam,Williams, Florence J.
, p. 6332 - 6335 (2018)
A protocol for the regioselective cleavage of unsymmetrical alkyl ethers to generate alkyl alcohol and alkyl bromide products is described. A mixture of trihaloboranes triggers this conversion and exhibits improved reactivity profiles (regioselectivity and yield) compared with BBr3 alone. Additionally, this procedure allows the efficient synthesis of (B-Cl) dialkyl boronate esters. There are limited methods to generate acyclic dialkoxyboryl chlorides, and these intermediates constitute important synthons in main-group chemistry.
