Carbocation-Guided Regioselective Deoxygenation of Unsymmetrical Diols via B(C6F5)3 Catalysis with Silane Economy
This paper reports a B(C6F5)3-catalyzed, carbocation-guided regioselective deoxygenation of sterically hindered sites in unsymmetrical diols using substoichiometric diphenylsilane, offering a highly efficient and economical strategy for site-selective C–O bond cleavage and isotopic labeling.