A novel route to gem-dimetalloalkanes containing boron and tin

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Narayan G. Bhat, nbhat@panam.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas-Pan American, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78541 and David Berger, Chemistry, University of Texas-Pan American, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78541.
(Z)-1-Trimethylstannyl-1-alkenes easily prepared by the hydrozirconation of the corresponding 1-trimethylstannyl-1-alkynes followed by protonolysis with water, readily react with dichloroborane-dioxane complex in dichloromethane at room temperature for 8 h. The resulting solution is then treated with 1,3-propane diol at 0 oC for half an hour to provide the corresponding gem-dimetalloalkanes containing boron and tin. These alpha-trimethylstannylalkylboronate esters are obtained in high yields (70%-84%) and the structures of these novel intermediates are further confirmed by selective oxidation with alkaline hydrogen peroxide to provide the corresponding alcohols containing an alpha-trimethylstannyl group.