REMARKABLE REGIOSELECTIVE HYDROBORATION OF TERMINAL ALKENES BY CALCIUM BOROHYDRIDE

Authors
NARASIMHAN S PRASAD KG MADHAVAN S
Citation
S. Narasimhan et al., REMARKABLE REGIOSELECTIVE HYDROBORATION OF TERMINAL ALKENES BY CALCIUM BOROHYDRIDE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(7), 1995, pp. 1141-1144
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
36
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1141 - 1144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1995)36:7<1141:RRHOTA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Calcium borohydride is found to hydroborate unsaturated systems in the presence of ethyl acetate. The reaction exhibits remarkable selectivi ty towards terminal double bonds. Several Z-11-alken-1-ol pheromones a re synthesized using this method.