Aminoboronic acid derivatives can serve as versatile
synthetic
intermediates and pharmacophores but remain difficult to synthesize.
Herein we report a synthesis of the β-aminoboronic acid motif
via anti-Markovnikov hydroamination of vinylboronates. This reaction
benefits from the activating effect of the boronate substituent and
forms novel BON-containing heterocycles, oxazaborolidine zwitterions.
A computational study is included to help determine the effects of
alkene boron substitution. Derivatization reactions also support the
synthetic utility of the oxazaborolidine adducts.
DFT modelling predicts proximal boron groups can accelerate sulfenate alkylation reactions, depending on boron substituents and boron distance from the reaction site.
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