Hydroboration of alkynes using BH3 to give aldehydes
Description: When alkynes are treated with BH3 and subsequently treated with H2O2, they are converted into aldehydes.
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This is SOO helpful! Thank you. I’m only in OChem 1 and often they tell us not to worry about knowing these longer mechanisms, but just seeing them and having them explained once or twice helps me understand everything else!
Thanks again for breaking it down into bite-sized pieces!
” Then comes the weird step! The carbon-boron bond breaks, and the examples from this bond migrate to the oxygen”
Do you mean to say examples here or do you mean something else (electrons?)
Oops. Yes, thank you!