“…They are uniformly air-stable, non-toxic, highly crystalline, and monomeric free-flowing solids that are fully compatible with silica gel chromatography. Many methods now exist for preparing MIDA boronates from a wide range of different starting materials, including boronic acids, 10,11,12,13,19,25 haloboranes, 11,13 boronic esters, 16 trialkoxyborate salts, 14–17,19 organohalides, 19 organolithium reagents, 19,23 and Grignard reagents. 15,16 The MIDA boronate functional group is inert to anhydrous cross-coupling conditions, yet can be readily transformed into a fully reactive boronic acid or ester using mild conditions.…”