Trimethyl borate → 3,3-Dimethyl-1,3-dihydro-2,1-benzoxaborol-1-ol

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To a solution of n-BuLi (21.2 ml, 0.053 mol) in anhydrous THF (160 mL) at −78° C. under argon was slowly added a solution of 2-(2-bromophenyl)propan-2-ol (XCV) (0.0212 mol, 4.55 g) in anhydrous THF (50 mL) while maintaining the temperature below −65° C. After addition was complete, the reaction mixture was stirred at −75° C. for 30 min. To this mixture was added in portions trimethyl borate (0.032 mol, 3.3 g), and the reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 30 min and then at room temperature overnight. The mixture was cooled to 0° C., carefully quenched with 1M aqueous HCl, and stirred at room temperature for 15 min. The mixture was acidified to pH 3 with 2M HCl and stirring was continued for 1 hour. The two phases were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography using DCM followed by DCM/MeOH 300/1 to give 3,3-dimethylbenzo[c][1,2]oxaborol-1(3H)-ol (XCVI) as a light yellow oil (1.37 g; 8.5 mmol, 40% yield). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ ppm 1.54 (s, 6H), 7.25-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.33 (d, J=7 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (td, J=7 Hz, J=1 Hz, 1H), 7.68 (d, J=7 Hz, 1H).

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