Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 35(52), p. 5916-5919, 2016
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00782a
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A new method has been developed for the Markovnikov hydroboration of alkyl-substituted terminal alkenes. The use of bulky bisphosphine–copper(i) catalyst system resulted in high regioselectivity to afford the corresponding secondary alkylboronates (branch/linear = 92 : 8–97 : 3).