%0 Journal Article %A Chakrabarty, Suman %A Takacs, James M. %D 2018 %T Phosphonate-Directed Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration: Delivery of Boron to the More Substituted Carbon, Leading to Chiral Tertiary Benzylic Boronic Esters %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Phosphonate-Directed_Catalytic_Asymmetric_Hydroboration_Delivery_of_Boron_to_the_More_Substituted_Carbon_Leading_to_Chiral_Tertiary_Benzylic_Boronic_Esters/7213061 %R 10.1021/acscatal.8b03591.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13278686 %K diastereomeric products %K quaternary carbon stereocenter %K Substituted Carbon %K Chiral Tertiary Benzylic Boronic Esters Phosphonate-directed %K benzylic boronic esters %K CAHB %K chiral phosphonates %K α- oxidation %K chiral substrates %K heteroaryl substituents %K chiral boronic ester %K trisubstituted alkenes %K aryl substituent %K Stereospecific transformations %K Phosphonate-Directed Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration %K chiral rhodium catalyst %K TADDOL-derived chiral cyclic monophosphite %K phosphonate functionality %K alkene substitution pattern %X Phosphonate-directed catalytic asymmetric hydroboration (CAHB) of β-aryl/heteroaryl methylidenes and trisubstituted alkenes by pinacolborane enables facile access to functionalized, chiral tertiary benzylic boronic esters. Hydroboration is catalyzed by a chiral rhodium catalyst prepared in situ from a Rh­(I) precursor in combination with a simple TADDOL-derived chiral cyclic monophosphite in a 1:1 ratio. The regio- and stereochemistry arise from the combined effects of the relative disposition of the directing group to the alkene, the alkene substitution pattern, and the necessity of an aryl substituent attached to the alkene. A range of aryl and heteroaryl substituents can be accommodated, and for several chiral substrates, the reactions are efficiently catalyst-controlled, enabling the choice of diastereomeric products as desired. Stereospecific transformations of the chiral boronic ester afford chiral phosphonates bearing a quaternary carbon stereocenter. The synthetic utility of the products is further demonstrated by α-oxidation of the phosphonate, leading to hydroxy- and oxophosphonates; the latter readily undergo elimination/substitution reactions to unmask the phosphonate functionality with the formation of aldehydes, alcohols, esters, amides, acids, and ketones. %I ACS Publications