Regioselective and Stereospecific Copper-Catalyzed Aminoboration of Styrenes with Bis(pinacolato)diboron and O-Benzoyl-N,N-dialkylhydroxylamines

A Cu-catalyzed regioselective and stereospecific aminoboration of styrenes with bis(pinacolato)diboron and O-benzoyl-N,N-dialkylhydroxylamines that delivers the corresponding beta-aminoalkylboranes in good yields has been developed. The Cu catalysis enables introduction of both amine and boron moieties to C-C double bonds simultaneously in a syn fashion. Moreover, the use of a chiral biphosphine ligand, (S,S)-Me-Duphos, provides a catalytic enantioselective route to optically active beta-aminoalkylboranes.