Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Iridium-catalysed regioselective borylation of carboranes via direct B–H activation

  • Ruofei Cheng,
  • Zaozao Qiu,
  • Zuowei Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14827
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Functionalization of the multiple, similar, boron-hydrogen bonds in carboranes is difficult to achieve with selectivity. Here the authors report an iridium-catalysed borylation ofo-carboranes with high yields and regioselectivities.