Thermoresponsive block copolymer brush with cell affinity peptides was prepared via two steps of ATRP and subsequent click reaction. The prepared polymer brush can purify cells with high selectivity by simply changing temperature.

Metabolically stable C‐glycosides are an essential family of compounds in bioactive natural products, therapeutic agents, and biological probes. For their application, development of synthetic methods by connecting glycosides and aglycons with strict stereocontrol at the anomeric carbon, as well as with high functional‐group compatibility and environmental compatibility is a pivotal issue. Although Suzuki–Miyaura‐type C(sp3)−C(sp2) cross‐coupling using glycosyl boronates is a potential candidate for the construction of C‐glycosides, neither the cross‐coupling itself nor the facile synthesis of the coupling precursor, glycosyl boronates, have been achieved to date. Herein, it was succeeded to develop a copper‐catalyzed stereoselective one‐step borylation of glycosyl bromides to glycosyl boronates and palladium‐catalyzed stereospecific cross‐coupling of β‐glycosyl borates with aryl bromides to give aryl β‐C‐glycosides, in which the β‐configuration of the anomeric carbon of the glycosyl trifluoroborates is stereoretentively transferred to that of the resulting aryl C‐glycosides.

We developed a one-step synthesis of acylborons from both readily available acyl chlorides and bis(pinacolato)diboron through copper(I)-catalyzed borylation. Under the reaction conditions using t BuOLi, polystyrene-supported triphenylphosphine as a copper ligand was found to promote the borylation of acyl chlorides while suppressing alcoholysis. This method enables the facile synthesis of potassium acyltrifluoroborates.

The 1H-2-benzopyran-5,8-dione structure was synthesized by a cascade reaction through Michael addition, elimination of HBr, and O-alkylation between a dibromobenzoquinone derivative and β-ketoesters under basic conditions. The reaction using potassium carbonate and 18-crown-6 in THF was the best condition, giving 1H-2-benzopyran-5,8-dione derivatives in good yields. The UV-vis absorption spectrum and cyclic voltammogram of the synthesized 1H-2-benzopyran-5,8-dione derivative were measured, clarifying the photophysical and redox properties.