Borylation of Aryl Halides Induced by Visible Light Under Open‐To‐Air Environment
Jorge C. Herrera‐Luna, José L. López‐Paz, David Díaz Díaz, M. Consuelo Jiménez, Diego Sampedro, Raúl Pérez‐Ruiz · 2026
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Description
Herrera-Luna and colleagues developed a light-driven method in 2026 to make aryl boronate esters, building blocks prized for assembling new molecules and medicines. Their recipe uses visible light alone, with no light-absorbing catalyst and no metal, and runs inside a gel open to the air. The starting materials are common aryl halides, ring compounds carrying a halogen atom that is easy to swap.
The gel gave the fragile reaction a stable setting. The method worked across halides bearing many other groups, such as alcohols, amines, and esters, in some cases giving the product in full yield. Light-absorption tests and magnetic resonance experiments showed the partners first join in a ground-state complex held by hydrogen bonds, weak links between molecules, and computer models backed that picture. The authors present the route as a greener way to a key class of reagents.
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| CREATOR | Jorge C. Herrera‐Luna, José L. López‐Paz, David Díaz Díaz, M. Consuelo Jiménez, Diego Sampedro, Raúl Pérez‐Ruiz |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |