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Role of catechol in the radical reduction of B-alkylcatecholboranes in presence of methanol
Povie, Guillaume,Villa, Giorgio,Ford, Leigh,Pozzi, Davide,Schiesser, Carl H.,Renaud, Philippe
supporting information; scheme or table, p. 803 - 805 (2010/06/12)
Mechanistic investigations on the previously reported reduction of B-alkylcatecholboranes in the presence of methanol led to the disclosure of a new mechanism involving catechol as a reducing agent. More than just revising the mechanism of this reaction, we disclose here the surprising role of catechol, a chain breaking antioxidant, which becomes a source of hydrogen atoms in an efficient radical chain process.