The most common types of acylboranes
are acyltrifluoroborates,
acyl MIDA-boronates, and monofluoroacylboronates. Because of the increasing
importance of these compounds in the past decade, we highlight the
recently reported synthetic strategies to access acylboranes. In addition,
an expanding array of their applications has been discovered, based
on either the ability of acylboranes to enter rapid amide-forming
ligations or the retained ketone-like character of the carbonyl group.
Therefore, we also describe ground-breaking achievements where acylboranes
were successfully put to use, such as their utility in biochemical,
material, and medicinal sciences.