title: Extremely efficient hydroboration of ketones and aldehydes by copper carbene catalysis.
abstract: A readily available copper carbene complex, (IPr)CuOtBu, catalyses the hydroboration of ketones and aldehydes even at very low catalyst loadings (0.1 mol%), in some cases with turnover frequencies exceeding 6000 h(-1). Carbonyl reduction occurs selectivitily in the presence of other reducible functional groups including alkenes, nitriles, esters, and alkyl chlorides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St. MC 111, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. npm@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Sharareh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bagherzadeh
authors.forename: Neal P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Mankad