N-Methylbenzamide → N-Methyl-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)benzamide

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In an argon filled glove box, a 5.0 mL wheaton microreactor was charged with [Ir(cod)(OMe)]2 (1.98 mg, 1.5 mol%), L1 ligand (2.1 mg, 3.5 mol%), B2pin2 (50.8 mg, 1.0 equiv.), KOtBu (1.0 mg, 4.5 mol%) and dry THF (1.0 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 minutes at room temperature. To this mixture, N-methylbenzamide (27.0 mg, 0.2 mmol) was added. The microreactor was capped with a teflon pressure cap and placed into pre-heated aluminum block at 80 oC. After 12 h (judged by GC/MS, conv: 33%), THF was removed under reduced pressure and chromatographic separation with silica gel (15% ethyl acetate in hexane as eluent) gave the metaborylated product 2b (7.8 mg, 15%) as white solid.

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