Synthesis of polyfluorinated aromatic ethers and thioethers by synergistic cleavage of C-B bond and C-F bond of B(C6F5)3

Boron-catalysed transition-metal-free arylation and alkenylation of allylic alcohols with boronic acids

“…In the last decade, B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 has been realized to be capable of initiating a wide range of chemical transformations with remarkable performance. 7 In particular, the cross-coupling reaction of alcohols to form C–C and C–P bond have been achieved with B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 by Xie 8 et al very recently. Herein, as our longstanding interest in the development of environmental-friendly chemical transformations, we envisaged to explore the efficacy of B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 in the arylation and alkenylation reaction of allylic alcohols ( Scheme 1 ).…”