Tandem cycloisomerization/Suzuki coupling of arylethynyl MIDA boronates

A tandem gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization/Suzuki cross-coupling sequence involving arylethynyl-N-methyliminodiacetic acid boronates is described. Combining the mildness of homogeneous gold catalysis with the versatility of N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) boronates, this tandem two-step method enables the rapid assembly of various aryl-substituted heterocycles without having to isolate or purify any heterocyclic MIDA boronate intermediates. Another major advantage of this method is that a wide range of heterocycles bearing different aryl groups may be made from a single MIDA boronate alkyne precursor.     

Formyl MIDA Boronate: C1 Building Block Enables Straightforward Access to α‐Functionalized Organoboron Derivatives

Formyl MIDA boronate has been known to be an elusive type of acylboronate that has not been obtained to date. In this work, an approach to the one‐pot preparation and chemical transformations of formyl MIDA boronate were developed to provide new types of α‐functionalized organoboron compounds. Among them are acylboronate reagents which present boron‐substituted analogues of ynones and β‐dicarbonyl compounds. The developed synthetic procedures, utilizing formyl MIDA boronate, are tolerant to diverse functional groups, making this reagent an advantageous C₁ building block for extending the scope of organoboron chemistry.     

Direct Access to MIDA Acylboronates through Mild Oxidation of MIDA Vinylboronates

Acylboronate esters/trifluoroborates represent an elusive class of boronates that are of increasing interest for both fundamental study as well as applications at the interface of chemistry and biology. Their preparation has been limited by the use of strongly basic anions, often introduced in multistep reactions. Herein, we demonstrate the facile preparation of acylboronate N‐methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) esters from alkenyl‐2‐boronate esters through mild dihydroxylation and meta ‐periodate cleavage. Given the well‐known functional‐group tolerance of this mild reaction sequence and the availability of alkenyl‐2‐boronates, this method should greatly increase access to acylboronate MIDA esters.     

Use of N‐methyliminodiacetic acid boronate esters in suzuki‐miyaura cross‐coupling polymerizations of triarylamine and fluorene monomers

Polytriarylamine copolymers can be prepared by Suzuki‐Miyaura cross‐coupling reactions of bis N‐methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) boronate ester substituted arylamines with dibromo arenes. The roles of solvent composition, temperature, reaction time, and co‐monomer structure were examined and (co)polymers prepared containing 9, 9‐dioctylfluorene (F8), 4‐sec‐butyl or 4‐octylphenyl diphenyl amine (TFB), and N, N′‐bis(4‐octylphenyl)‐N, N′‐diphenyl phenylenediamine (PTB) units, using a Pd(OAc)₂/2‐dicyclohexylphosphino‐2′,6′‐dimethoxybiphenyl (SPhos) catalyst system. The performance of a di‐functionalized MIDA boronate ester monomer was compared with that of an equivalent pinacol boronate ester. Higher molar mass polymers were produced from reactions starting with a difunctionalized pinacol boronate ester monomer than the equivalent difunctionalized MIDA boronate ester monomer in biphase solvent mixtures (toluene/dioxane/water). Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectroscopic analysis revealed that polymeric structures rich in residues associated with the starting MIDA monomer were present, suggesting that homo‐coupling of the boronate ester must be occurring to the detriment of cross‐coupling in the step‐growth polymerization. However, when comparable reactions of the two boronate monomers with a dibromo fluorene monomer were completed in a single phase solvent mixture (dioxane + water), high molar mass polymers with relatively narrow distribution ranges were obtained after only 4 h of reaction. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 2798–2806     

Stereoselective Direct Chlorination of Alkenyl MIDA Boronates: Divergent Synthesis of E and Z α‐Chloroalkenyl Boronates

The individual molecules of α‐chloroalkenyl boronates include both an electrophilic C−Cl bond and a nucleophilic C−B bond, which makes them intriguing organic synthons. Reported herein is a stereodivergent synthesis of both E and Z α‐chloroalkenyl N ‐methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) boronates through the direct chlorination of alkenyl MIDA boronates using t BuOCl and PhSeCl reagents, respectively. Both reaction processes are stereospecific and the use of sp³‐B MIDA boronate is the key contributor to the reactivity. The synthetic value of the boronate products was also demonstrated.     

Vinyl MIDA boronate: a readily accessible and highly versatile building block for small molecule synthesis

Iterative cross-coupling represents a potentially general approach for the simple, efficient, and flexible construction of natural products, pharmaceuticals, and materials. N-Methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) boronates represent a promising platform for the development of this type of synthesis strategy. This report describes the discovery that vinyl MIDA boronate (1) is an air- and chromatographically stable compound that can be conveniently prepared on a multigram scale and serve as a versatile starting material for the preparation of a range of new MIDA boronate building blocks. Analogous to tert-butylethylene, 1 is also an excellent substrate for olefin cross-metathesis, providing access to a range of trans-alkenyl MIDA boronates as single stereoisomers. An improved synthesis of the very versatile bifunctional building block trans-(2-bromovinyl) MIDA boronate (2) is also described. Collectively, these results contribute to the expanding generality of the iterative cross-coupling approach.     

Formyl MIDA Boronate: C1 Building Block Enables Straightforward Access to α-Functionalized Organoboron Derivatives

Formyl MIDA boronate has been known to be an elusive type of acylboronate that has not been obtained to date. In this work, an approach to the one-pot preparation and chemical transformations of formyl MIDA boronate were developed to provide new types of α-functionalized organoboron compounds. Among them are acylboronate reagents which present boron-substituted analogues of ynones and β-dicarbonyl compounds. The developed synthetic procedures, utilizing formyl MIDA boronate, are tolerant to diverse functional groups, making this reagent an advantageous C₁ building block for extending the scope of organoboron chemistry.     

Oxidative Difunctionalization of Alkenyl MIDA Boronates: A Versatile Platform for Halogenated and Trifluoromethylated α‐Boryl Ketones

The synthesis of halogenated and trifluoromethylated α‐boryl ketones via a one‐pot oxidative difunctionalization of alkenyl MIDA boronates is reported. These novel densely functionalized organoborons bearing synthetically and functionally valuable carbonyl, halogen/CF₃ and boronate moieties within the same molecule are synthetically challenging for the chemist, but have great synthetic potential, as demonstrated by their applications in a straightforward synthesis of borylated furans. The generality of this reaction was extensively investigated. This reaction is attractive since the starting materials, alkenyl MIDA boronates, are easily accessible.     

Ethynyl MIDA boronate: a readily accessible and highly versatile building block for small molecule synthesis

Ethynyl N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) boronate is a very useful building block for small molecule synthesis. This compound can serve as both a bifunctional acetylene equivalent with the capacity for terminus-selective bis-functionalization and a versatile starting material for the preparation of a wide range of other MIDA boronate building blocks.     

Hydrogenation of Borylated Arenes

A cis‐selective hydrogenation of abundant aryl boronic acids and their derivatives catalyzed by rhodium cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (Rh–CAAC) is reported. The reaction tolerates a variety of boron‐protecting groups and provides direct access to a broad scope of saturated, borylated carbo‐ and heterocycles with various functional groups. The transformation is strategically important because the versatile saturated boronate products are difficult to prepare by other methods. The utility of the saturated cyclic building blocks was demonstrated by post‐functionalization of the boron group.     

Cation exchange media provide a multi-stage,orthogonal catch and release method for MIDA boronates bearing basic centers

An operationally simple and rapid purification of MIDA boronates is described. This method allows separation of MIDA boronates containing basic centers from those that are neutral as well as separation from species that do not contain the MIDA moiety using a single “catch and release” purification medium. Application of this method to the purification of reductive amination products is described. It is hoped that this facile, rapid and conceptually new isolation will stimulate further investigation of other functionalized silica gel media for the isolation of MIDA boronate building blocks.     

Hydrogenation of (Hetero)aryl Boronate Esters with a Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene–Rhodium Complex: Direct Access to cis‐Substituted Borylated Cycloalkanes and Saturated Heterocycles

We herein report the hydrogenation of substituted aryl‐ and heteroaryl boronate esters for the selective synthesis of cis‐substituted borylated cycloalkanes and saturated heterocycles. A cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene‐ligated rhodium complex with two dimethyl groups at the ortho‐alkyl scaffold of the carbene showed high reactivity in promoting the hydrogenation, thereby enabling the hydrogenation of (hetero)arenes with retention of the synthetically valuable boronate group. This process constitutes a clean, atom‐economic, as well as chemo‐ and stereoselective route for the generation of cis‐configured, diversely substituted borylated cycloalkanes and saturated heterocycles that are usually elusive and difficult to prepare.     

(Z)-(2-bromovinyl)-MIDA boronate: a readily accessible and highly versatile building block for small molecule synthesis

Iterative cross-coupling represents a potentially general approach for the simple, efficient, and flexible construction of a wide range of functional small molecules. In this context, (Z)-(2-bromovinyl)-N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) boronate is a very useful building block for small molecule synthesis. This compound can serve as a starting material for the preparation of a wide range of cis-alkene-containing MIDA boronates. This compound can also be used for the iterative cross-coupling-based synthesis of various cis-olefin-containing targets. Collectively, these results contribute to the expanding generality of the MIDA boronate platform.     

Concise total synthesis of (-)-myxalamide A

The MIDA touch: A concise and highly convergent protecting-group-free total synthesis of (-)-myxalamide?A involves a stereoselective vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction of a vinylketene silyl N,O-acetal, together with a one-pot Stille/Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction using Burke's N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) boronate to connect left- and right-hand fragments of the molecule (see scheme).     

Vibrational spectroscopy of N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA)-protected boronate ester: examination of the B-N dative bond

N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA)-protected boronate esters are a new class of reagents that offer great promise in iterative Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. Compared to earlier reagents, MIDA esters are easily handled and are benchtop stable under air indefinitely. The success of this new species is tied to its unique molecular architecture. Compared to the simpler B-N containing molecules ammonia borane and trimethylamine borane, MIDA esters are much larger, and the sp(3) hybridized boron atom is secured by two five membered rings, making this molecular class stable for spectroscopic study. Here, we present infrared, Raman, and surface enhanced Raman (SERS) spectra of methylboronic acid MIDA ester. Comparisons of the spectroscopic results to those from electronic structure calculations suggest that the B-N stretching mode in this molecule lies in the range 560-650 cm(-1), making it among the lowest energy vibrations observed to date that can be primarily attributed to B-N stretching.     

Diversity‐Oriented Synthesis of α‐Functionalized Acylborons and Borylated Heteroarenes by Nucleophilic Ring Opening of α‐Chloroepoxyboronates

The ring‐opening reactions of N‐methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) α‐chloroepoxyboronates with different nucleophiles allow the modular synthesis of a diverse array of organoboronates. These include seven types of α‐functionalized acylboronates and seven types of borylated heteroarenes, some of which are difficult‐to‐access products using alternative methods. The common synthons, α‐chloroepoxyboronates, could be viably synthesized by a two‐step procedure from the corresponding alkenyl MIDA boronates. Mild reaction conditions, good functional‐group tolerance, and generally good efficiency were observed. The utility of the products was also demonstrated.     

Two-step total synthesis of an anti-MRSA and myosin-inhibiting marine natural product pentabromopseudilin via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of a MIDA boronate ester

A marine natural product isolated from Pseudoalteromonas sp., pentabromopseudilin, with promising anti-MRSA and myosin ATPase inhibition activities was synthesized in two steps using recently developed MIDA boronate Suzuki-Miyaura coupling technology. Additionally, bromination was shown to be necessary for the antimicrobial activity of pentabromopseudilin.     

Diastereoselective Alkylation of Activated Nitrogen Heterocycles with Alkenyl Boronate Complexes

Alkenyl boronate complexes react with acylated quinolines and isoquinolines via 1,2-metalate rearrangement to give alkylated, dearomatized heterocycles in good yields, diastereoselectivities, and regioselectivities. This multi-component coupling is highly modular and can be used to access a wide scope of heterocyclic scaffolds. Chiral boronic esters made through this methodology possess high synthetic potential and can be transformed into various functional groups in one step without racemization.     

Functionalization of Heterocycles through 1,2-Metallate Rearrangement of Boronate Complexes

Over the last decade, 1,2-metallate rearrangement of boronate complex has been dominating the literature of organoboron chemistry for the construction of very important C−C and C−boron bonds. Owing to the coordinative unsaturated nature of the boron atom, a nucleophile can attack on boron center for the formation of a boronate complex, which triggers 1,2-migration under electrophilic activation at the α-carbon. Apart from using stochiometric electrophilic activating reagents, several catalytic methods using transition metals in the presence or absence of light have been reported. The 1,2-migration of boronate complexes allows synthesis of many different classes of racemic and chiral compounds including a wide range of substituted heterocycles. Synthesis of chiral and achiral substituted heterocycles by using 1,2-metallate rearrangement of boronate complexes has been extensively reported by several groups owing to its prevalence in medicinal chemistry. This minireview highlights the methods known to date for the synthesis of heteroaryls by using 1,2-migration of boronate complexes, organized in a chronological manner.     

Synthesis of Aminoboronic Acid Derivatives from Amines and Amphoteric Boryl Carbonyl Compounds

Herein, we demonstrate the use of α‐boryl aldehydes and acyl boronates in the synthesis of aminoboronic acid derivatives. This work highlights the untapped potential of boron‐substituted iminium ions and offers insights into the behavior of N‐methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) boronates during condensation and tautomerization processes. The preparative value of this contribution lies in the demonstration that various amines, including linear and cyclic peptides, can be readily conjugated with boron‐containing fragments. A mild deprotection of amino MIDA‐boronates enables access to α‐ and β‐aminoboronic acids in high chemical yields. This simple process should be applicable to the synthesis of a wide range of bioactive molecules as well as precursors for cross‐coupling reactions.