Versatile cobalt-catalyzed regioselective chain-walking double hydroboration of 1,n-dienes to access gem-bis(boryl)alkanes

Abstract

Control of regioselectivity in the double hydroboration of dienes to obtain a single organoboron compound is a considerable synthetic challenge. Here, the authors show a cobalt-catalyzed chain-walking double hydroboration of 1,n-dienes to access gem-bis(boryl)alkanes with regioselective control.