A simple synthesis of B-2-(1-trimethylsilyl-1-alkyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborinanes. Isolation and selective oxidation to 1-trimethylsilyl-1-alkanols

(Z)-1-Trimethylsilyl-1-alkenes easily prepared by the hydroboration of the corresponding 1-trimethylsilyl-1-alkynes followed by protonolysis with acetic acid, readily react with dibromoborane-methyl sulfide complex in dichloromethane for 6 h. The resulting solution is then treated with 1,3-propane diol in a 1:1 mixture of dichloromethane and n-pentane at 0°C for half an hour to provide the corresponding gem-dimetalloalkanes containing boron and silicon. These alpha-trimethylsilylalkylboronate esters are purified by vacuum distillation in high yields (72–84%) and the structures of these novel intermediates are further confirmed by selective oxidation with alkaline hydrogen peroxide to provide the corresponding alcohols containing trimethylsilyl group.