Reported here is the iridium-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective secondary benzylic
C–H borylation using benzothiazole as the directing group. Various monosubstituted
2-arylalkylbenzo[d]thiazole were well-tolerated, affording the corresponding products in moderate to
good yields with good enantioselectivity. The C–B bond in one borylated product could
undergo stereospecific transformations to form a series of C–C and C–heteroatom bonds.
Key words
asymmetric catalysis - borylation - chiral bidentate boryl ligands - C–H activation
- synthetic methods