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Radical chain reduction of alkylboron compounds with catechols
Villa, Giorgio,Povie, Guillaume,Renaud, Philippe
, p. 5913 - 5920 (2011)
The conversion of alkylboranes to the corresponding alkanes is classically per-formed via protonolysis of alkylboranes. This simple reaction requires the use of severe reaction conditions, that is, treatment with a carboxylic acid at high temperature (>150 °C). We report here a mild radical procedure for the transformation of organoboranes to alkanes. 4-tert-Butylcatechol, a well-established radical inhibitor and antioxidant, is acting as a source of hydrogen atoms. An efficient chain reaction is observed due to the exceptional reactivity of phenoxyl radicals toward alkylboranes. The reaction has been applied to a wide range of organoboron derivatives such as B- alkylcatecholboranes, trialkylboranes, pinacolboronates, and alkylboronic acids. Furthermore, the so far elusive rate constants for the hydrogen transfer between secondary alkyl radical and catechol derivatives have been experimentally determined. Interestingly, they are less than 1 order of magnitude slower than that of tin hydride at 80 °C, making catechols particularly attractive for a wide range of transformations involving C-C bond formation.
Repairing the thiol-ene coupling reaction
Povie, Guillaume,Tran, Anh-Tuan,Bonnaffe, David,Habegger, Jacqueline,Hu, Zhaoyu,Le Narvor, Christine,Renaud, Philippe
supporting information, p. 3894 - 3898 (2014/05/06)
Thiol-ene coupling (TEC) reactions emerged as one of the most useful processes for coupling different molecular units under reaction mild conditions. However, TEC reactions involving weak C-H bonds (allylic and benzylic fragments) are difficult to run and often low yielding. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that hydrogen-atom transfer processes at allylic and benzylic positions are responsible for the lack of efficiency of the radical-chain process. These competing reactions cannot be prevented, but reported herein is a method to repair the chain process by running the reaction in the presence of triethylborane and catechol. Under these reaction conditions, a unique repair mechanism leads to an efficient chain reaction, which is demonstrated with a broad range of anomeric O-allyl sugar derivatives including mono-, di-, and tetrasaccharides bearing various functionalities and protecting groups. In good repair: Undesired hydrogen-atom transfers are responsible for the lack of efficiency in thiol-ene coupling reactions involving allyl glycosides. This competing reaction cannot be prevented but can be very efficiently repaired by carrying out the reaction in the presence of triethylborane and catechol.
