title: Synthesis of pinacol arylboronates from aromatic amines: a metal-free transformation.
abstract: A metal-free borylation process based on Sandmeyer-type transformation using arylamines derivatives as the substrates has been developed. Through optimization of the reaction conditions, this novel conversion can be successfully applied to a wide range of aromatic amines, affording borylation products in moderate to good yields. Various functionalized arylboronates, which are difficult to access by other methods, can be easily obtained with this metal-free transformation. Moreover, this transformation can be followed by Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling without purification of the borylation products, which enhances the practical usefulness of this method. A possible reaction mechanism involving radical species has been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhitong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Fanyang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang