A highly efficient cobalt-catalyzed deuterogenolysis of diboron: Synthesis of deuterated pinacolborane and vinylboronates

Abstract Highly efficient hydrogenolysis and deuterogenolysis of diboron compounds have been realized by the use of a cobalt catalyst, affording TON up to 48201. Furthermore, a one-pot two-step procedure comprising sequential deuterogenolysis of diboron and deuteroboration of alkynes under the same cobalt catalyst has been developed for the efficient, atom-economical synthesis of deuterated vinylboronates with high deuterium incorporation and excellent regio- and stereoselectivity.