Arynes and Their Precursors from Arylboronic Acids via Catalytic C–H Silylation

Direct heptafluoroisopropylation of arylboronic acids via hexafluoropropene (HFP).

A novel and straightforward strategy for heptafluoroisopropylation of arylboronic acids at room temperature has been developed. This method, directly using commercial available hexafluoropropene (HFP) as the starting material, provides a new way to synthesize a variety of synthetically useful heptafluoroisopropylated arenes.

Inhibition of serine proteases by arylboronic acids.

Arylboronic acids were found to be strong competitive inhibitors of subtilisin and chymotrypsin. The binding constants are strongly pH dependent and give a Hammett-type plot with a slope of -0.885. The pH dependence, the Hammett plot, and nmr model-system studies indicate that inhibition is due to electron-pair donation by the active site histidine to the bound inhibitor.

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Magnetic Pigment via Coordinated Precursors

Nanocrystalline cobalt ferrite as a magnetic black pigment was synthesized via coordinated precursors with a significant decrease of the synthesis temperature using citric acid as a coordinating agent. The structure and properties of the cobalt ferrite powder were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), colorimetric analysis (L*a*b* color parameters), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and vibr...

Palladium-mediated fluorination of arylboronic acids.

Preparation of trifluorostyrenes via palladium-catalyzed coupling of arylboronic acids with chloro- and bromotrifluoroethylene.

A highly efficient and cost-effective method for the preparation of α,β,β-trifluorostyrene (TFS) and its derivatives is described. The method required only 0.2 mol % of Pd(dba)(2) and 0.4 mol % of P(t)Bu(3) and occurred to full conversion within 2.0 h. With this method, a wide range of arylboronic acids were efficiently incorporated to generate α,β,β-trifluorostyrene derivatives.