A boronation reagent. Used for synthesis of boronic-acid-appended metalloporphyrins1 and boronic acid-substituted metal complexes,2 platinum-catalyzed tandem diboration/Intramolecular allylboration,3 catalytic diboration of alkynes towards alkenyl diboronates,4 and preparation of boronic esters of the diarylfuranones by Suzuki-Miyaura chemistry.5
1. J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2005, 9, 659.
2. Chem. Commun. 2005, 230.
3. Synthesis 2004, 1321.
4. Synthesis 2005, 1698.
5. J. Biol. Chem. 1992, 267, 25934.