Brian M Schaefer

US Patent:

20180044354, Feb 15, 2018

Filed:

Aug 9, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/232442

Inventors:

- The Woodlands TX, US
Brian A. SCHAEFER - Hillsborough NJ, US
Paul J. CHIRIK - Princeton NJ, US

International Classification:

C07F 5/02
B01J 31/22
C07C 1/32

Abstract:

A process comprising contacting a) an alkene, b) a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, c) an α-diimine metal salt complex comprising an α-diimine iron salt complex or an α-diimine cobalt salt complex, and d) a group 1 metal borohydride under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound. A process comprising contacting a) an alkene, b) a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, and c) an α-diimine metal salt complex comprising an α-diimine iron methylenetrihydrocarbylsilyl complex or an α-diimine cobalt methylenetrihydrocarbylsilyl complex, to form an alkyl-boron compound under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound. A process comprising contacting an alkene, a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, and an α-diimine metal salt complex to form an alkyl-boron compound under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound.