title: Isopinocampheylborane derivatives with >99% ee via the DMAP complex.
abstract: The complex 8 of isopinocampheylborane and p-(dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP) can be obtained with >99% ee starting from alpha-pinene with 80-90% ee by hydroboration using DMAP.BH3 (5) activated by 5% iodine, or by the conventional hydroboration of alpha-pinene, followed by addition of DMAP. Purification of the air-stable 8 is readily accomplished by crystallization from methanol. Conversion of 8 into the trifluoroborate adduct 1 using KHF2 occurs without erosion of ee. Generation of the derived 2 in situ with TMSCl as the fluorophile also occurs with little, if any, loss of ee, as evidenced by the preparation of the salicaldimine complex 11 and the derived amino alcohol 12 with 94% ee overall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shapland
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vedejs
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C417980:4-(dimethylamine)pyridine; D001880:Boranes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; C520383:isopinocampheylborane