Ir-catalyzed borylations of 4-substituted benzonitriles are described. In contrast to electrophilic aromatic substitutions and directed ortho metalations, C-H activation/borylation enables functionalization at the 2-position, adjacent to the cyano group, when the 4-subsitutent is larger than cyano. When an excess of borane reagent is used, diborylation can be achieved with a single regioisomer being formed in certain cases. Extension of sterically directed borylation to cyano-substituted, five- and six-membered ring heterocycles is also reported.
Ir-catalyzed borylation of 2-substituted indoles selectively yields 7-borylated products in good yields. N-Protection, required for previous functionalizations of 2-substituted indoles, is unnecessary.
Five-coordinate boryl complexes relevant to Ir mediated C–H borylations have been synthesized, providing a glimpse of the most fundamental step in the catalytic cycle for the first time.
Iridium-catalyzed borylation has been applied to various substituted thiophenes to synthesize polyfunctionalized thiophenes in good to excellent yields. Apart from common functionalities compatible with iridium-catalyzed borylations, additional functional group tolerance to acyl (COMe), and trimethylsilyl (TMS) groups was also observed. High regioselectivities were observed in borylation of 3-and 2,5-di-substituted thiophenes. Electrophilic aromatic C-H/C-Si bromination on thiophene boronate esters is shown to take place without breaking the C-B bond, and one-pot C-H borylation/Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling has been accomplished on 2-and 3-borylated thiophenes.
By
modifying ligand steric and electronic profiles it is possible
to C–H borylate ortho or meta to substituents in aromatic and
heteroaromatic compounds, where steric differences between accessible
C–H sites are small. Dramatic effects on selectivities between
reactions using B2pin2 or 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane
(HBpin) are described for the first time. Judicious ligand and borane
combinations give highly regioselective C–H borylations on
substrates where typical borylation protocols afford poor selectivities.
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