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Bis(neopentylglycolato)diboron, B2nep2

See also: Bis(pinacolato)diboron, Tetrahydroxydiboron

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4,4′-Bipyridine worked as an organocatalyst for the reduction of nitroarenes by bis(neopentylglycolato)diboron (B2nep2), followed by hydrolysis to give the corresponding anilines with broad functional group tolerance.
H. Hosoya, L. C. M. Castro, I. Sultan, Y. Nakajima, T. Ohmura, K. Sato, H. Tsurugi, M. Suginome, K. Mashima, Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 9812-9817..