title: Chemoselective Suzuki coupling of diborylmethane for facile synthesis of benzylboronates.
abstract: The chemoselective Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction using a diborylmethane is reported. The use of an equimolar amount of base with a diborylmethane realized chemoselective coupling for the synthesis of various benzylboronate derivatives. Sterically hindered aryl bromides can give products in moderate to excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan. kendo@aoni.waseda.jp
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata