Abstract
The palladium-catalyzed silaboration of pyridines has been investigated with the use of density functional theory. The results predict a very interesting dearomatization step in the reaction mechanism which is surprisingly facile due to the formation of a very strong covalent bond between nitrogen and boron in the product. Our calculations show that the regioselectivity of the final product is governed by a mixture of electronic and steric effects, and our predicted outcomes are in agreement with the experimental results.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1680-1687 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Organometallics |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Mar 2012 |