O2‐Mediated Oxidation of Aminoboranes through 1,2‐N Migration

In analogy to the classical reaction of C?B bonds with peroxides, the first oxidative functionalization of aminoboranes through a 1,2‐N migration was realized. Readily available aliphatic nitro compounds are thereby transformed into N‐ and O‐functionalized hydroxylamines in a single synthetic operation. Addition of hazardous peroxides is avoided. Instead, the insertion of O₂, as the terminal oxidant, into Zn?C bonds provides the necessary peroxides. The required zinc organyls, in turn, are formed through a boron‐to‐zinc exchange, from an organoboronic ester byproduct of the nitro‐to‐aminoborane transformation.