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:     There are two reasons for this: steric and electronic. This is a result of … Read more

Hydroboration-oxidation converts alkenes into alcohols:     THF (tetrahydrofuran) is the solvent that is used to stabilize the BH3, which otherwise tends to form a dimer, B2H6 – a flammable, toxic, and explosive gas:     It is a few-step … Read more