title: Linchpin synthons: metalation of aryl bromides bearing a potassium trifluoroborate moiety.
abstract: Aryl bromides bearing a potassium trifluoroborate moiety were subjected to lithium-halogen exchange at low temperature using a variety of alkyllithium reagents. A number of different electrophiles were evaluated in their reactions with the aryllithiums produced therein. Under carefully optimized conditions, potassium bromophenyl trifluoroborates afforded good to excellent yields of the corresponding alcohols (64-94% isolated yield) when aldehydes or ketones were used as the electophilic partner. Esters were unfortunately found to be unreactive.
authors.affiliation: Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA. gmolandr@sas.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Molander
authors.forename: Noel M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*; D001881:Borates / Q000737:chemistry*; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000737:chemistry*; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / Q000737:chemistry*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D011188:Potassium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D001881:Borates; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008094:Lithium; D011188:Potassium