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Organotrifluoroborates

Potent Boronic Acid Surrogates

In the vast array of catalytic carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, the Suzuki-Miyaura protocol has proven to be a particularly attractive method.  The organoborane nucleophiles (boronic acids, boronate esters, and potassium organotrifluoroborates) readily undergo cross-coupling under mild conditions and in the presence of ordinarily sensitive functional groups (e.g. OH, CO2H, CN, CHO, etc).  However, both boronic acids and boronate esters suffer from limitations.  Boronic acids are difficult to purify and can have uncertain stoichiometry due to trimerization to the corresponding boroxine.  Boronate esters lack atom economy and are more expensive due to the added cost of pinacol or catechol (Figure 1).

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Alternatively, potassium organotrifluoroborates:  have known stoichiometry, have a low molecular weight, are insensitive to air and moisture, and are tractable, crystalline solids which are easily stored (Figure 2).1

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Potassium alkyl-, alkenyl-, aryl-, and heteroaryltrifluoroborates participate in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions yielding versatile synthetic intermediates including:  1,3-dienes, styrenes, sterically hindered biaryls, and highly functionalized heterocyclics (Figure 3).2

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In addition to Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, potassium organotrifluoroborates participate in a variety of other useful reactions including:  1,2- and 1,4-addition, C—O and C—N bond formation, and halogenation, and allylation (Figure 4).3

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   Product Information


Prod. No. Product Name Structure Add to Cart
637890 Potassium methyltrifluoroborate 637890
   

659274 Potassium allyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

660094 Potassium butyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

563056 Potassium benzyltrifluoroborate, 95% 563056
   

563099 Potassium phenethyltrifluoroborate, 95% 563099
   

655228 Potassium vinyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

637882 Potassium trans-1-decenyltrifluoroborate, 95% 637882
   

576158 Potassium trans-styryltrifluoroborate 576158
   

563951 Potassium phenyltrifluoroborate, 95% 563951
   

571547 Potassium 4-bromophenyltrifluoroborate 571547
   

571555 Potassium p-tolyltrifluoroborate 571555
   

571563 Potassium 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-phenyltrifluoroborate 571563
   

571598 Potassium 3-nitrophenyltrifluoroborate 571598
   

576093 Potassium 4-formylphenyltrifluoroborate 576093
   

576107 Potassium 2-bromophenyltrifluoroborate, 96% 576107
   

576115 Potassium 3-methoxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 96% 576115
   

576123 Potassium o-tolyltrifluoroborate 576123
   

576131 Potassium 4-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyltrifluoroborate, 96% 576131
   

579068 Potassium 4-methoxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 95% 579068
   

592846 Potassium 4-fluorophenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

592943 Potassium 2,6-dimethylphenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

597929 Potassium 2,6-difluorophenyltrifluoroborate
   

654728 Potassium 4-tert-butylphenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

654930 Potassium 2-methoxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

656992 Potassium 2,4-difluorophenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

657018 Potassium 2-naphthalenetrifluoroborate
   

657050 Potassium 4-acetylphenyltrifluoroborate, 97%
   

657069 Potassium 4-carboxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 97%
   

657077 Potassium 4-chlorophenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

657085 Potassium 2,6-dimethoxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

657093 Potassium 3-formylphenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

657115 Potassium 4-(methylthio)-phenyltrifluoroborate, 95%
   

659746 Potassium 3-hydroxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 96%
   

659762 Potassium 4-(hydroxymethyl)-phenyltrifluoroborate
   

659770 Potassium 3-fluorophenyltrifluoroborate, 96%
   

659789 Potassium 3-carboxyphenyltrifluoroborate, 97%
   

659754 Potassium 3,4-(methylenedioxy)-phenyltrifluoroborate
   

571571 Potassium 3-thiophenetrifluoroborate 571571
   

654949 Potassium 5-methyl-2-thiophenetrifluoroborate, 95%
   

CheminarTM 1.2 Potassium Organotrifluoroborates: High-Performance Boronic Acid/Ester Surrogates

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