“…To date, a related functionalization of methyl group on silicon via 1, n -metal migration is limited to a palladium-catalyzed process for a preinstalled MeR 2 Si-group on bromonaphthalenes via 1,5-palladium migration . In this context, as a new entry of 1, n -metal migration using a 3d transition metal, herein we describe the development of a copper-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective synthesis of alkenylsilylmethylboronates , from unsymmetric internal alkynes and silylboronates by formal hydro(borylmethylsilyl)ation − , involving a 1,4-copper migration process from an alkenyl carbon to an alkyl carbon, , which has never been reported for any 3d transition metals (Scheme b).
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