Copper-catalyzed borylation of a variety of organic halides with bis(pinacolato)diboron allows the preparation of diverse potassium organotrifluoroborates. The reactions are mild and general, providing access to a variety of interesting, boron-containing building blocks, including those containing piperidine, pyrrole, azetidine, tetrahydropyran and oxetane substructures. Representative Minisci reactions are reported for select examples.
The microwave-assisted Wolff rearrangement of cyclic 2-diazo-1,3-diketones performed in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of alcohol, amine, or thiol is an efficient, user, and environmentally friendly synthetic protocol for the synthesis of alpha-carbonylated cycloalkanones. This approach proves superior to existing protocols in scope and eco-compatibility.
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