Metal-Free C-B Bond Cleavage: An Acid Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction Construction of Imidazole-Containing Triarylmethanes

Org Lett. 2019 Jun 21;21(12):4420-4423. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00969. Epub 2019 Jun 3.

Abstract

An efficient acid-catalyzed strategy to prepare imidazole-containing triarylmethanes from amidines, ynals, and boronic acids has been developed. It represents an unprecedented and novel metal-free C-B bond cleavage strategy as a workable route to form new carbon-carbon bonds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't