Reagent- and Ligand-Dependent Mechanistic Trichotomy in Fe-Catalyzed Borylative Cyclizations of Enynes

Abstract

Based on some very recent results on Fe-catalyzed boron-source-dependent regiodivergent hydroborations of internal alkynes, we report here a boron-source-dependent but also liganddependent mechanistic trichotomy in borylative cyclizations. The choice of ligand plus boron source allows the synthesis of three isomeric borylative cyclization products starting from a common substrate and using the same precatalyst ((Ph 3 P) 2 Fe(CO)(NO)H) and sets the stage for the development of a unifying concept in Fe-catalyzed borylative cyclizations.