A method for producing an organometallic nucleophile includes reacting an organohalide and a metal or metal compound with each other by a mechanochemical process in the presence of an ether compound in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 equivalents relative to 1 equivalent of the organohalide. By utilizing the method, a method for producing an organometallic nucleophile can be performed without using a large-scale apparatus, a reaction method for reactions between an organometallic nucleophile and various organic electrophiles can be performed by an efficient and simplified means, and a simplified method for producing an organometallic nucleophile can be performed with high reactivity.

A method for preparing the borate ester using a lithium compound includes: under the inert gas, stirring and mixing carboxylic acid and borane, and a catalyst lithium compound is added, then the borate ester is obtained with hydroboration; wherein the hydroboration is at room temperature for 10 to 80 min. After the hydroboration and is stopped by contacting air, the solvent is removed under reduced pressure, to obtain the borate esters with different substituents. The lithium compounds are n-butyl lithium, lithium aniline, p-methyl lithium aniline, o-methyl lithium aniline, 2-methoxyaniline lithium, 4-methoxyaniline lithium, 2,6-dimethylaniline lithium, and 2,6-diisopropylaniline lithium. The lithium compounds disclosed in the present invention can catalyze the boron hydrogenation reaction of carboxylic acid and borane with high activity under room temperature conditions; the amount of lithium compound is 0.1-0.9% of the molar amount of carboxylic acid.

A method for preparing the borate ester using a lithium compound includes: under the inert gas, stirring and mixing carboxylic acid and borane, and a catalyst lithium compound is added, then the borate ester is obtained with hydroboration; wherein the hydroboration is at room temperature for 10 to 80 min. After the hydroboration and is stopped by contacting air, the solvent is removed under reduced pressure, to obtain the borate esters with different substituents. The lithium compounds are n-butyl lithium, lithium aniline, p-methyl lithium aniline, o-methyl lithium aniline, 2-methoxyaniline lithium, 4-methoxyaniline lithium, 2,6-dimethylaniline lithium, and 2,6-diisopropylaniline lithium. The lithium compounds disclosed in the present invention can catalyze the boron hydrogenation reaction of carboxylic acid and borane with high activity under room temperature conditions; the amount of lithium compound is 0.1-0.9% of the molar amount of carboxylic acid.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a boric acid ester using non-catalyzed hydroboration of a carboxylic acid. The method includes: in an inert gas atmosphere, mixing pinacolborane and a carboxylic acid and stirring until uniform in a reaction flask subjected to dehydration and deoxygenation treatments, reacting for 6-12 hours to obtain the boric acid ester, then adding silica gel and methanol, and conducting a hydrolysis reaction to prepare an alcohol compound. The carboxylic acid is acetic acid, caproic acid, pentanoic acid, heptanoic acid, trimethylacetic acid, adipic acid, benzoic acid, 4-bromobenzoic acid, 4-fluorobenzoic acid, 1-naphthoic acid, 2-methoxybenzoic acid, 4-tert-butylbenzoic acid, 4-ethoxybenzoic acid, 2-bromobenzoic acid, 4-iodobenzoic acid, 3-phenylpropionic acid, diphenyl acetic acid, 2-phenylbutyric acid, indole-3-acetic acid, o-carboxyl phenylacetic acid or 2-methyl-5-bromobenzoic acid. The present invention utilizes a carboxylic acid to efficiently undergo hydroboration with borane without a catalyst for the first time.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a boric acid ester using non-catalyzed hydroboration of a carboxylic acid. The method includes: in an inert gas atmosphere, mixing pinacolborane and a carboxylic acid and stirring until uniform in a reaction flask subjected to dehydration and deoxygenation treatments, reacting for 6-12 hours to obtain the boric acid ester, then adding silica gel and methanol, and conducting a hydrolysis reaction to prepare an alcohol compound. The carboxylic acid is acetic acid, caproic acid, pentanoic acid, heptanoic acid, trimethylacetic acid, adipic acid, benzoic acid, 4-bromobenzoic acid, 4-fluorobenzoic acid, 1-naphthoic acid, 2-methoxybenzoic acid, 4-tert-butylbenzoic acid, 4-ethoxybenzoic acid, 2-bromobenzoic acid, 4-iodobenzoic acid, 3-phenylpropionic acid, diphenyl acetic acid, 2-phenylbutyric acid, indole-3-acetic acid, o-carboxyl phenylacetic acid or 2-methyl-5-bromobenzoic acid. The present invention utilizes a carboxylic acid to efficiently undergo hydroboration with borane without a catalyst for the first time.

The invention relates to monocarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The invention relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.

The invention relates to monocarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The invention relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.

The invention relates to monocarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The invention relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.

The invention relates to monocarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The invention relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.

The invention relates to monocarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The invention relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.