The frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) [NMe2-C6H4-BH2]2 is shown to catalyze the dehydrogenative borylation of thiols. The scope of the reaction, the experimental and computational investigation of the mechanism and the application of the system to a one-pot Michael addition on α-β unsaturated carbonyl leading to the β sulfido ketone are reported.
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