The use of transition metals to catalyse the addition of hydridoboranes to unsaturated organic molecules was initially realised several decades ago. Although this area of chemistry received considerable attention at the time, interest in this reaction and its use in organic synthesis waned for several years. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, this amazing catalytic reaction has grown to include the use of earth-abundant metal catalysts and a much wider range of organic substrates. Indeed, it is now commonly utilised as a diagnostic tool to assess the reactivity and catalytic ability of newly generated transition metal and main group complexes. As this field is progressing so rapidly, this review highlights some important advances up to the end of 2021 and into early 2022. Excluded from this review are ‘hydroboration’ reactions using diboron sources.

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过渡金属催化的硼氢化反应

使用过渡金属催化氢化硼烷与不饱和有机分子的加成是几十年前最初实现的。尽管当时这一化学领域受到了相当大的关注，但人们对该反应及其在有机合成中的应用的兴趣在几年内逐渐减弱。就像凤凰从灰烬中升起一样，这种惊人的催化反应已经发展到包括使用地球上丰富的金属催化剂和更广泛的有机底物。事实上，它现在通常用作评估新生成的过渡金属和主族配合物的反应性和催化能力的诊断工具。由于该领域发展如此迅速，本次审查重点介绍了截至 2021 年底和 2022 年初的一些重要进展。