Organo Trifluoroborates
Organo Trifluoroborates
Organo trifluoroborates are the class of compounds generally represented by [RBF3]-. Owing to their strong nucleophilic nature, organo trifluoroborates can react with electrophiles even in the absence of transition-metal catalysts. Organo trifluoroborates can withstand many reaction conditions and therefore can replace boronic acids, boronate esters and organo boranes in many organic transformations. The organo trifluoroborates are used as substrates in various organic transformations such as oxidations, Wittig and related alkenation reactions, condensation reactions, reductive aminations, substitution reactions, metalhalogen exchange reactions, 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions and cross-coupling reactions.
