Boron

The Regiochemistry of Hydroboration-Oxidation In the previous post, we mentioned that Hydroboration-oxidation places the OH group on the less substituted carbon of an alkene. Overall, it is an anti-Markovnikov hydration of the alkene, which is the regioselectivity of this reaction. … Read more

Hydroboration–oxidation converts alkenes into alcohols, with the OH group ending up on the less substituted carbon. As we will see below, there are two main parts in this conversion: the hydroboration step, which forms the intermediate alkyl borane, and the … Read more