Hydroboration-oxidation reaction



In anti-Markovnikov reaction, with the hydroxyl group attaching to the less-substituted carbon.

The general form of the reaction is as follows:

where THF is double bond, transferring one hydrogen from itself to the adjacent carbon. The second step substitutes the boron group BH2 with the hydroxyl group, creating the final product.

Hydroboration mechanism

Borane exists as a toxic, colorless gas called diethyl ether are commercially available and more easily handled than diborane gas, and so are the more common form found in laboratories. For simplicity in illustration, borane will be used instead of the borane-ether complex in this article.

The addition of BH3 to the alkene is a transition state.

Knowing that the group containing the boron will be replaced by a hydroxyl group, it can be seen that the first step is the stereospecific-determining step. The hydroborane will add to the alkene so that the boron always ends up on the lesser substituted carbon. In the transition state, the more substituted carbon bears a partial positive charge (a partial carbocation). As a general rule, carbocations that are more substituted tolerate positive charge better than those that aren't. Had the hydroborane attacked with the opposite orientation, the lesser substituted carbon will bear the positive charge, which is electronically unfavorable.

Until all hydrogens attached to boron have been transferred away, the boron group BH2 will continue adding to more alkenes. This means that one equivalent of hydroborane will conduct the reaction with three equivalents of alkene. Furthermore, it is not necessary for the hydroborane to have more than one hydrogen. Therefore, BH3 can be better represented as R-BH, where R can represents the remainder of the molecule. A widely used hydroboration reagent is catecholborane.

Hydroborations also take place syn mode, that is on the same face of the alkene. Thus 1-methylcyclopentene reacts with diborane predominantly to the trans-alkane [4].

Hydroboration-oxidation

In the second hydroboration-oxidation step, the nucleophilic borate B(OR)3, rather than the monoalkly borinic ester BH2OR).

A hydroboration reaction also takes place on proton.

See also

  • Oxymercuration-reduction is another reaction that converts an alkene into an alcohol. Unlike hydroboration-oxidation, oxymercuration-reduction is not stereospecific. However, oxymercuration-reduction is a Markovnikov reaction. Therefore, oxymercuration-reduction and hydroboration-oxidation are complementary because they add with opposite regiochemistry.

References

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  5. ^ Catecholborane (1,3,2-benzodioxaorole) as a new, general monohydroboration reagent for alkynes. Convenient synthesis of alkeneboronic esters and acids from alkynes via hydroboration Herbert C. Brown, S. K. Gupta; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1972; 94(12); 4370-4371. doi:10.1021/ja00767a072
  6. ^ The Reaction of Organoboranes with Chloramine and with Hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic Acid. A Convenient Synthesis of Amines from Olefins via Hydroboration Herbert C. Brown, Wolfgang R. Heydkamp, Eli Breuer, and William S. Murphy J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1964; 86(17) pp 3565 - 3566; doi:10.1021/ja01071a036
 
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