Chemistry Letters, Vol.39, No.6, 558-560, 2010
Rhodium-catalyzed Dehydroborylation of Styrenes with Naphthalene-1,8-diaminatoborane [(dan)BH]: New Synthesis of Masked beta-Borylstyrenes as New Phenylene Vinylene Cross-coupling Modules
Styrene derivatives underwent dehydroborylation with naphthalene-1,8-diaminatoborane [(dan)BH] in the presence of a cationic rhodium complex, giving beta-borylstyrene derivatives in good yields. Thus prepared beta-borylstyrenes bearing a chlorine or B(pin) group on their aromatic rings were utilized for the synthesis of highly conjugated molecules through stepwise cross-coupling, taking advantage of the dan group as an effective protective group for a boronyl group.