C. Wiesauer et W. Weissensteiner, RHODIUM-CATALYZED ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROBORATION OF ALKENYLBORONIC ESTERS WITH CATECHOLBORANE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 7(1), 1996, pp. 5-8
Alkenylboronic esters such as (E)-2-(2-phenylethenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborol
ane were subjected to catalytic hydroboration with catecholborane and
with use of neutral and cationic rhodium complexes modified by various
diphosphine ligands. The resulting 1,2-diboryl intermediate was oxidi
sed with alkaline hydrogen peroxide to give the corresponding 1,2-diol
with enantioselectivities up to 79 % e.e.