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  • Synthesis of vinyl boronates from aldehydes by a practical boron-Wittig reaction.

Synthesis of vinyl boronates from aldehydes by a practical boron-Wittig reaction.

Organic letters (2015-03-24)
John R Coombs, Liang Zhang, James P Morken
ABSTRACT

A highly stereoselective boron-Wittig reaction between stable and readily accessible 1,1-bis(pinacolboronates) and aldehydes furnishes a variety of synthetically useful di- and trisubstituted vinyl boronate esters.