title: Rhodium(I)-catalyzed borylation of nitriles through the cleavage of carbon-cyano bonds.
abstract: The reaction of aryl cyanides with diboron in the presence of a rhodium/Xantphos catalyst and DABCO affords arylboronic esters via carbon-cyano bond cleavage. This unprecedented mode of reactivity for a borylrhodium species allows the regioselective introduction of a boryl group in a late stage of synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. tobisu@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tobisu
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinuta
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rémond
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chatani