Hydroboration

In <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic chemistry</a>, hydroboration refers to the addition of a <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a>-<a href="/facts/Boron/Pmwgd7Mf">boron</a> bond to certain <a href="/facts/Double_bond/qDemMn0c">double</a> and <a href="/facts/Triple_bond/poDWRayX">triple bonds</a> involving <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> (<a href="/facts/Alkene/RtYcS6kU">C=C</a>, <a href="/facts/Carbon-nitrogen_bond/pV4FkKzI">C=N</a>, <a href="/facts/Carbon-oxygen_bond/HSte9D8r">C=O</a>, and <a href="/facts/Alkyne/VHI4N5Wo">C≡C</a>). This <a href="/facts/Chemical_reaction/GpqWlKrz">chemical reaction</a> is useful in the <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a> of <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compounds</a>. 
Hydroboration produces <a href="/facts/Organoborane_compound/r6NQHXYt">organoborane compounds</a> that react with a variety of reagents to produce useful compounds, such as <a href="/facts/Alcohol_(chemistry)/Y0SCTDkh">alcohols</a>, <a href="/facts/Amine/JvfYJfP6">amines</a>, or <a href="/facts/Alkyl_halide/Enb7LQqt">alkyl halides</a>. The most widely known reaction of the organoboranes is <a href="/facts/Oxidation/Pyd5RVcj">oxidation</a> to produce alcohols from alkenes.
The development of this technology and the underlying concepts were recognized by the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> to <a href="/facts/Herbert_C._Brown/gzHbbzR3">Herbert C. Brown</a>.

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Hydroboration