Multistep phase-switch synthesis by using liquid-liquid partitioning of boronic acids: productive tags with an expanded repertoire of compatible reactions.
Tagging along: a system for phase-switch synthesis has been developed. The boronic acid functionality is used as a phase tag that complexes to sorbitol and facilitates compound transfer from an organic solvent to water at high pH. The phase tag can then be used in a productive reaction step to generate targeted products, thereby eliminating purification by silica gel chromatography.
Mothana
Sam
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Department of Chemistry, Gunning-Lemieux Chemistry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Grassot
Jean-Marie
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Hall
Dennis G
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