Reaction of equimolar amounts of 1,3-di-
tert-butyl-2-trimethylstannyl-2,3-dihydro-1
H-1,3,2-diazaborole (
1) with a series of alkynes R
1-C
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C-R
2 (
2) (
a: R
1 = H, R
2 = Ph;
b: H, 4-ClC
6H
4;
c: H, 4-BrC
6H
4;
d: Ph, Ph;
e: Me, Ph;
f: Et, Ph;
g: H,
n-C
4H
9;
h: Et, Et;
i: H,
n-C
6H
13) inthe presence of a catalytic amount of [Pd(PPh
3)
4] (2 mol %) regioselectively afforded highyields of the alkenes (
Z)-R
1[B]C=C(R
2)SnMe
3 (
3a-
h) ([B] =
tBuNCH=CHN(tBu)B] as theresult of a cis-addition of the BSn bond of
1 to the acetylenic triple bond of
2. Spectroscopicevidence and X-ray structural analyses of
3a and
3f revealed that the bulky borolyl unitwas added to the least sterically hindered end of the CC multiple bond.