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Chemical Properties

clear light yellow to orange solution

Uses

Dibutylboryl trifluoromethanesulfonate may be used in the following studies:Stereo- and regio-selective synthesis of erythro aldols. As a promoter for the solution and polymer-supported trichloroacetimidate-based glycosylations.Synthesis of β-alkoxy carbonyl compounds via one-step Mukaiyama aldol-type reaction.Aldol-type cyclization for the stereoselective synthesis of cyclic ethers.As a reagent for the formation of boron enolates. As a complexation aid for the isolation of 1-acyldipyrromethanes.As a promoter in [1,2]-Wittig reaction between aldehydes and O-benzyl or O-allyl glycolate esters, creating two contiguous stereocenters (1,2-diol) in good yield without the need for strong base.

General Description

Dibutylboryl trifluoromethanesulfonate (Dibutylboron triflate, Bu2BOTf) is an organometallic reagent. It efficiently promotes the1,4-addition of benzylic and allylic organocopper reagents.

Purification Methods

Distil it in a vacuum under argon and store it under argon. It should be used within 2 weeks of purchase or after redistillation. Use a short path distillation system. It has IR bands in CCl4 at max 1405, 1380, 1320, 1200 and 1550cm
1 , and 1 3C NMR (CDCl3) with at 118.1, 25.1, 21.5 and 13.6ppm. [Gage & Evans Org Synth 68 83 1990, Evans et al. J Am Chem Soc 103, 3099 1981.] TOXIC

InChI:InChI=1/C9H18BF3O3S/c1-3-5-7-10(8-6-4-2)16-17(14,15)9(11,12)13/h3-8H2,1-2H3

Upstream product

• 122-56-5 tributyl borane 
• 1493-13-6 trifluorormethanesulfonic acid 

Downstream Products

• 211504-69-7 di-n-butylboron enolate of (S)-4-benzyl-N-propionyl-2-oxazolidinone 
• 149885-19-8 C₁₇H₃₂BNO₃ 
• 252880-51-6 (4S,5S)-2-[1-Chloro-meth-(Z)-ylidene]-3-dibutylboranyl-4-methoxymethyl-5-phenyl-oxazolidine 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Nickel-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reaction of 1,3-Dimesylates for the Synthesis of Alkylcyclopropanes

Cross-electrophile coupling reactions of two Csp3-X bonds remain challenging. Herein we report an intramolecular nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling reaction of 1,3-diol derivatives. Notably, this transformation is utilized to synthesize a range of mono- and 1,2-disubstituted alkylcyclopropanes, including those derived from terpenes, steroids, and aldol products. Additionally, enantioenriched cyclopropanes are synthesized from the products of proline-catalyzed and Evans aldol reactions. A procedure for direct transformation of 1,3-diols to cyclopropanes is also described. Calculations and experimental data are consistent with a nickel-catalyzed mechanism that begins with stereoablative oxidative addition at the secondary center.

Expedient stereoselective synthesis of coronafacic acid through intramolecular Diels-Alder cyclization

(Chemical Equation Presented) A stereoselective synthesis of coronafacic acid, a natural component of the phytotoxin coronatin, was achieved using an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction as the key step. The triene precursor bearing a substituted diene and a vinylketone as dienophile was synthesized and then tested in the thermal intramolecular cyclization. We have devised a new strategy to assemble the E,Z-diene through the stereoselective aldol reaction of an ester enolate followed by a stereoselective dehydration. Following the thermal cyclization, the corresponding hydrindanone thereby obtained with the desired relative stereochemistry could easily be converted into the natural product. The synthesis of the coronafacic acid was accomplished in six steps in 29% overall yield.

Temperature-controlled regioselectivity in the reductive cleavage of p-methoxybenzylidene acetals

The regioselective ring opening of pyranosidic 4,6-p-methoxybenzylidene acetals with BH3/Bu2BOTf in THF can be tuned by adjusting the reaction temperature and reagent concentrations. Reductive cleavage at 0 °C resulted in the exclusive formation of 4-O-p-methoxybenzyl (PMB) ethers, whereas reaction at -78 °C produced 6-O-PMB ethers in high yields. The latter condition was observed to be compatible with a variety of acid-sensitive functional groups, including allyl and enol ethers. The presence of water does not interfere with reductive ring opening and may contribute toward in situ generation of H+ as a catalyst for 6-O-PMB ether formation. Reductive cleavage under rigorously aprotic conditions is greatly decelerated, and yields only the 4-O-PMB ether. The temperature-dependent reductive cleavage of the 4,6-acetal can be described in terms of kinetic versus thermodynamic control: Lewis-acid coordination of the more accessible O-6 is favored at higher temperatures, whereas protonation of the more basic but sterically encumbered O-4 predominates at low temperatures.

Regio- and Stereoselective Cross-aldol Reactions via Dialkylboryl Triflates

New borylating reagents, (Bu2BOTf and 9-BBNOTf), were prepared in high yields.The triflates reacted with enolizable ketones in the presence of tertiary amines to generate selectively one of the regioisomers of vinyloxyboranes by the choice of the reagents (the dialkylboryl triflates and tertiary amines) under mild reaction conditions.Vinyloxyboranes thus generated showed remarkable reactivity toward aldehydes to give only one regioisomer of the corresponding cross-aldols in good yields.High stereoselectivity was also observed in these reactions.