Patent ID: 6958420

Claim:
A process for producing an aminoarylboronic ester which comprises: (a) reacting an aryl compound with a borane selected from the group consisting of a borane with a B—H, B—B, and B—Si bond in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of an iridium or rhodium complex with three or more substituents, and an organic ligand selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur organic ligands under anhydrous conditions to produce an arylboronic ester; and (b) aminating the arylboronic ester with an organic compound containing an amine moiety in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a metal catalyst complex under anhydrous conditions wherein the organic compound is coupled to the aryl group of the arylboronic ester compound to produce the aminoarylboronic ester.