Photochemical Radical C–H Halogenation of Benzyl N‐Methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) Boronates: Synthesis of α‐Functionalized Alkyl Boronates

Abstract α‐Haloboronates are useful organic synthons that can be converted to a diverse array of α‐substituted alkyl borons. Methods to α‐haloboronates are limiting and often suffer from harsh reaction conditions. Reported herein is a photochemical radical C‐H halogenation of benzyl N ‐methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) boronates. Fluorination, chlorination, and bromination reactions were effective by using this protocol. Upon reaction with different nucleophiles, the C−Br bond in the brominated product could be readily transformed to a series of C−C, C−O, C−N, C−S, C−P, and C−I bonds, some of which are difficult to forge with α‐halo sp 2 ‐B boronate esters. An activation effect of B(MIDA) moiety was found.