Description
4-(Bromomethyl)benzeneboronic acid pinacol ester can be used as an active oxygen source in biological assays, such as functional assays, because it generates reactive oxygen species and can act as a fluorescence probe for detection of biological samples.
Chemical Properties
White powder
Uses
4-(Bromomethyl)benzeneboronic acid pinacol ester is used in the synthesis of metalloproteinase-13 inhibitors in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
Synthesis
Pinacol p-tolueneborate (10.91g, 50.0mmol), bromosuccinimide (NBS, 9.91g, 55.0mmol), and azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN, 0.44g, 2.0mmol) were dissolved in dry of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4, 200 mL), stirred at reflux for 14 hours. The mixture was filtered, the solvent was evaporated, and the mixture was dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 mL). Wash once with distilled water (100 mL) and saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution (100 mL), dry with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and rotary evaporate. Finally, use petroleum ether as the eluent for column chromatography separation to obtain 4-(Bromomethyl)benzeneboronic acid pinacol ester
(11.30g, yield 76.1%).
References
[1] Patent: WO2013/25885, 2013, A1. Location in patent: Paragraph 0086
[2] Synthetic Communications, 2002, vol. 32, # 17, p. 2669 - 2676
[3] Patent: EP2450354, 2012, A1
