Daily Archives: March 23, 2014

Brown Hydroboration

Brown Hydroboration

General Characteristics -Alkenes can be converted into anti-Markovnikov alcohols by the Brown hydroboration, which involves regio/stereoselective syn-addition of a B-H bond to the olefin followed by ...

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Carbamate Protective Groups

Carbamate Protective Groups

General Characteristics In order to tame the basicity and the high reactivity of amines during multi-step synthesis, it is common to protect them with electron-withdrawing functional groups. ...

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