“…As shown in Figure 3 a,b, the peaks for the 2′ and 3′ hydroxyl groups disappeared, and the 2′ and 3′ proton signals were shifted considerably upfield upon the addition of 11c . In Figure 3 c–e, it was assumed that the peaks at 21 ppm, 28 ppm and 32 ppm correspond to a 2,4,6-tris[4-(trifluorometyl)phenyl]boroxine pyridine complex, the proposed structure of which is 49 (some NMR spectra of boroxine pyridine complexes were reported [ 69 , 70 , 71 ]), 11c or 2,4,6-tris[4-(trifluorometyl)phenyl]boroxine and the desired boronic ester 47 , respectively. In Figure 3 f–h, we assumed that the peaks at −63.3 ppm, −63.2 ppm and −62.8 ppm correspond to 47 , 11c or 2,4,6-tris[4-(trifluorometyl)phenyl]boroxine and 49 , respectively.…”