title: Which is reactive in alkaline solution, boronate ion or boronic acid? Kinetic evidence for reactive trigonal boronic acid in an alkaline solution.
abstract: That boronic acid is a reactive species toward a diol moiety even in an alkaline solution and that the boronate ion is not very reactive were demonstrated by the estimated upper limit of the rate constants for the reactions of some boronic acids with 2,2'-biphenol and 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene in a neutral-alkaline solution, which will correct a common misunderstanding in boron chemistry and would renew the idea of effective boronic acid sensor design for carbohydrates.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwatsuki
authors.forename: Shihoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inamo
authors.forename: Hideo D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000737:chemistry*; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D001897:Boronic Acids; D012996:Solutions