This work describes
the palladium-catalyzed enantiotopic-group
selective Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of (diborylmethyl)silanes
with aryl iodides. The combination of a Pd(TFA)2 and rev-Josiphos-type ligand bearing a 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl
as benzylic phosphine substituent in the presence of NaI as an additive
and NaOMe as a base promotes the reaction to high efficiency and enantioselectivity.
This method provides a convenient approach for synthesizing chiral
benzylic 1,1-silylboronate esters from readily accessible reagents.
Synthetic applications including stereospecific C–O, C–N,
and C–C bond-forming reactions of boron group are also demonstrated.