Formation of carbocycles through sequential carborhodation triggered by addition of organoborons

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jan 21:(3):217-24. doi: 10.1039/b609991b. Epub 2006 Aug 24.

Abstract

This article highlights recent developments in the formation of carbocycles via multiple carborhodation steps triggered by the rhodium-catalysed intermolecular addition of organoborons. Various types of cascade reactions have been developed to demonstrate that multiple carborhodation steps can precede potentially competing processes such as protonolysis.