preparation | the preparation of 3-nitrobenzeneboronic acid cyanate ester is as follows: in a dry tubular reactor under argon, 3-nitrobenzenediazotetrafluoroborate (1mmol) and ferrocene (10 μmol,1.8mg) were dissolved in 2ml of anhydrous CH3CN. Diisopropylaminoborane (2mmol,226mg) was then added to the solution, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and 30 minutes. The reaction mixture (2ml) was quenched by slow addition of anhydrous MeOH at 0 °c and stirred for an additional 1 hour at room temperature. After removal of all volatiles, to Et2O(2ml) was added 1.3 equivalents of sterol and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. The crude mixture was washed with 50g / L CuCl2 solution (2 x 5ml). The organic layer was removed, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to dryness. The resulting oil was dissolved with CH2Cl 2 and the silica gel pad was filtered and eluted with CH2Cl2 to give the corresponding Boronic ester, 3-nitrobenzeneboronic acid cyanol ester. |