Recent Advances in Catalysis using Organoborane Mediated Hydride Abstraction

C‒H functionalization is widely regarded as an important area in the development of synthetic methodology, enabling design more time- and atom-efficient syntheses. The ability electron-deficient organoboranes to mediate hydride abstraction from α-amino bonds therefore great interest, reactive iminium hydridoborate moieties generated are able participate a range synthetically useful transformations. In this review update, we cover recent advances made organoborane mediated abstraction, with particular focus on catalytic applications electron deficient boranes for α- or β- functionalization, α,β-difunctionalization, dehydrogenation amines.