１ About the Author
1.1 Research on Organoborane Chemistry
1.2 Sketch of Professor Akira Suzuki's Life
1.3 Awards
1.4 List of Publications (1967-2003)
２ Organoboranes as Sources of Organic Radicals
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Reactions with α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
2.3 Oxygen-Induced Reaction of Trialkylboranes with Alkyl Halides. A Facile Coupling of Allylic and Benzylic Halides via Triethylborane
2.4 A New Four-Carbon-Atom Homologation Involving the Free-Radical Chain Reaction of 1,3-Butadiene Monoxide with Organoboranes
2.5 Two Novel Reactions of Monomeric Formaldehyde with Trialkylboranes. A Remarkable Rapid Elimination Diverted by Oxygen to a Free-Radical Chain Addition
2.6 A Convenient Synthesis of α-Bromoketones from Vinyloxyboranes Obtained by the Reaction of Organoboranes with α,β-Unsaturated Ketones in the Presence of a Catalytic Amount of Oxygen
2.7 Oxygen-Induced 1,4-Addition Reaction of Organoboranes to Crotonaldimine
2.8 Reaction of Organoboranes with 1-Acyl-2-vinylcyclopropanes in the Presence of Oxygen
2.9 Reaction of Organoboranes with d-Carvone and l-Perillaldehyde n the Presence of Oxygen. Evidence for Coordination between Organoboranes and α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Oxygen in their Oxygen-Induced Free-Radical Reaction Process
2.10 Reaction of Organoboranes with Iron(III) Azide in the Presence of Hydrogen Peroxide. A Novel Synthesis of Azidoalkanes
３ Organic Syntheses Using Organoborates
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Preparation of Tetracoordinate Organoborates
3.3 Synthesis via Organoborates (R3B-X-Y) with Latent Leaving Groups (Y) in the α-Position
3.4 Synthesis via Alkynylborates and Alkenylborates
3.5 Synthesis via Copper(I) Tetraorganoborates and Related Compounds
3.6 Miscellaneous Reactions
3.7 Summary
４ Haloboration of 1-Alkynes and Its Synthetic Application
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Organic Synthesis via Haloboration Adducts Prepared from B-Halo-9-BBN
4.3 Organic Synthesis via Haloboration Adducts Prepared from Tribromoborane
4.4 Conclusion
５ Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboron Compounds with Organic
5.1 ElectrophilesIntroduction
5.2 Synthesis of Organoboron Reagents
5.3 Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions of Organoboron Compounds and Their Mechanism
5.4 Cross-Coupling Reaction
5.5 Head-to-Tail Coupling
5.6 Carbonylative Coupling
5.7 Alkoxycarbonylation and Dimerization
5.8 Conclusion
