Semiconductor photocatalyst helps to realize borylation reaction

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-semiconductor-photocatalyst-borylation-reaction.html

"borylation reactions N-heterocyclic carbene boranes with heterogeneous photocatalyst... synthesis: high-value transformations including hydroboration and boron substitution products... borylation reaction alkenes, alkynes, imines, aromatic (hetero) rings, and bioactive molecules under room temperature and light... gram-scale scale-up, maintain stable yield after multiple cycles... organoboranes obtained synthesize synthetic building blocks containing hydroxyl, borate and difluoroborane"

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