Technical Notes:

1. L igand for copper-catalyzed regioselective formation of tri- and tetrasubstituted vinylboronates in air.

2.Ligand for highly active ruthenium catalyst for hydrogenation of olefins.

3.Electrophilic phosphonium cations component for ketone catalytic hydrod eoxyg enation/hydrosilylation.

4.Used in selective activation of fluoroalkenes to produce N-hete rocyclic fluoroalkenes and polyfluoroalkenyl imidazolium salts.

References:

1.ACS Catal., 2014, 4, 1564.

2.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5582.

3.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 8250.

4.Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 8063 .