Selective synthesis of multisubstituted olefins utilizing gem- and vic-diborylated vinylsilanes prepared by silylborylation of an alkynylboronate and diborylation of alkynylsilanes.

The synthesis of a series of gem- and vic-diborylated vinylsilanes was accomplished via highly selective transition-metal-catalyzed syn-dimetalation to the alkynylmetal species. This protocol served as a general synthetic method toward regio- and stereodefined multisubstituted olefins. The key steps are the diastereoselective Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of gem- and vic-diborylated vinylsilanes, in which the two boron groups showed discrete reactivities to afford diverse precursors of multisubstituted olefins.