10-Methoxy-9-oxa-10-bora[3.3.2]decane (1), easily prepared from the ox
idation of B-MeO-9-BBN with trimethylamine N-oxide (TMANO), is readily
converted to alkynylborinate complexes (2) with its reaction with rep
resentative lithium acetylides. These complexes serve as efficient alk
ynylating agents in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and their demethoxylat
ion furnishes stable alkynylboranes (3) which also provide a convenien
t new entry to cls-vinylboranes (5).