Benzeneboronic acid is widely utilized in various cross coupling reactions for example Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions, etc. It serves as a receptor for carbohydrates, antimicrobial agents and enzyme inhibitors in biological reactions. It acts as a reagent in palladium-catalyzed stereoselective Heck-type reaction and as a catalyst in Ni(II) pincer complex and Pd(II) pyridoxal hydrazone metallacycles. It is also employed as a sensor for neutron capture therapy for cancer, transmembrane transport and bioconjugation and labeling of proteins and cell surface.
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Applications
Benzeneboronic acid is widely utilized in various cross coupling reactions for example Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions, etc. It serves as a receptor for carbohydrates, antimicrobial agents and enzyme inhibitors in biological reactions. It acts as a reagent in palladium-catalyzed stereoselective Heck-type reaction and as a catalyst in Ni(II) pincer complex and Pd(II) pyridoxal hydrazone metallacycles. It is also employed as a sensor for neutron capture therapy for cancer, transmembrane transport and bioconjugation and labeling of proteins and cell surface.
Solubility
Slightly soluble in water.
Notes
Hygroscopic. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Avoid moisture exposure.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Reagent for protection of diols as their cyclic boronates: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 80, 2443 (1958); Tetrahedron, 25, 477 (1969), which are also useful in GC and GC-MS. This has been utilized to trap cis-diols, in order to prevent over-oxidation during dihydroxylation reactions catalyzed by Osmium(VIII) oxide, 12103: Chem. Lett., 1721 (1988); J. Org. Chem., 63, 7322 (1998).
- Promotes the ortho-hydroxalkylation of phenols by aldehydes. The cyclic boronate, formed via a [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement, is the key intermediate: Synthesis, 365 (1979):
- With citronellal, hexahydrocannabinoids are formed: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 605 (1992).
- Acts as a template for Diels-Alder reactions, by forming boronate linkages with a hydroxydiene and a hydroxydienophile: Synthesis 1171 (1991); for Nicolaou's application to synthesis of the CD ring system of taxol, see: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1118 (1992); J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 634 (1995):
- For use in the formation of an oxazaborolidine catalyst for use in enantioselective reductions, see note under (S)-(-)-ɑ,ɑ-Diphenyl prolinol, L09217.
- Forms a stable chiral acyloxyborane (CAB) catalyst with tartaric acid derivatives, which catalyze hetero Diels-Alder reactions, e.g. between aldehydes and 1-Methoxy-3-trimethyl siloxy-1,3-butadiene, L06100, to give enantioselectively, dihydro-4-pyrone derivatives: Tetrahedron, 50, 979 (1994).
- The most widely-used reaction of arylboronic acids is the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki synthesis of unsymmetrical biaryls: Synth. Commun., 11, 513 (1981):
- For illustrative example, see: Org. Synth., 75, 53 (1997).
- For a brief feature on uses of this reagent in Organic synthesis, see: Synlett, 2679 (2006). For further information and reviews on boronic acid chemistry, see Appendix 5.