Da. Evans et al., SAMARIUM(III)-CATALYZED HYDROBORATION OF OLEFINS WITH CATECHOLBORANE - A GENERAL-APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF BORONATE ESTERS, Journal of organic chemistry, 58(20), 1993, pp. 5307-5309
A broad selection of olefins undergo hydroboration with catecholborane
in a reaction that is catalyzed by a range of samarium(III) as well a
s other lanthanide complexes.