"Ir-catalyzed C-H activation/borylation was first reported in 1999. Within two decades this methodology evolved into a synthetic protocol to install a boron group on a prefunctionalized benzene or heterocycle. Earlier studies have characterized many features of this methodology. The Ir-catalyzed C-H activation/borylation tolerates a wide variety of functionalities pre-installed on the aryl or heteroaryl substances. It was also both predicted computationally and proven experimentally that the Ir-catalyzed C-H activation/borylation favors more acidic C-H bonds. Also demonstrated experimentally, steric effects govern the regioselectivity of the Ir-catalyzed C-H activation/borylation in most cases. My studies covered these topics: 1. Synthesis of boron/tin bimetallic arenes and chemoselective Suzuki coupling of these compounds; 2. Electronics driven regioselective Ir-catalyzted C-H activation/borylation of fluorinated benzenes. And 3. Desymmetrization of symmetrically diborylated benzenes."--Page ii.
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