Ytterbium-catalyzed hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones

• Main Authors: Wang, Weifan, Shen, Xingchao, Zhao, Fengyi, Jiang, Huan, Yao, Weiwei, Pullarkat, Sumod A., Xu, Li, Ma, Mengtao
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Ytterbium; Ketones
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137632
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The well-defined heavy rare-earth ytterbium iodide complex 1 (L2YbI) has been successfully employed as an efficient catalyst for the hydroboration of a wide range of aldehydes and ketones with pinacolborane (HBpin) at room temperature. The protocol requires low catalyst loadings (0.1-0.5 mol %) and...