Data for Aryl boronic acid-catalysed dehydrative substitution of benzylic alcohols for C-O bond formation

Data collection method:

Full experimental details for the preparation of each compound can be found the the Supplementary Information of the associated paper. Infrared spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu IRAffinity-1 Fourier transform IR spectrophotometer fitted with a Specac Quest ATR accessory (diamond puck). Spectra were recorded of either thin films or solids, with characteristic absorption wavenumbers (νmax) reported in cm–1. 1H, 13C{1H}, and 19F{1H} NMR spectra were acquired on either a Bruker AV300 with a BBFO probe (1H 300 MHz; 13C{1H} 75 MHz; 19F{1H} 282 MHz), a Bruker AV400 with a BBFO probe (1H 400 MHz; 13C{1H} 101 MHz; 19F{1H} 377 MHz), a Bruker AVII 400 with a BBFO probe (1H 400 MHz; 13C{1H} 101 MHz; 19F{1H} 376 MHz), a Bruker AVIII-HD 500 with a SmartProbe BBFO+ probe (1H 500 MHz, 13C{1H} 126 MHz, 19F{1H} 470 MHz, 11B 160 MHz), a Bruker AVIII 500 with a CryoProbe Prodigy BBO probe (1H 500 MHz, 13C{1H} 126 MHz, 19F{1H} 470 MHz, 11B 160 MHz) in the deuterated solvent stated. Mass spectrometry (m/z) data were acquired by either electrospray ionisation (ESI), chemical ionisation (CI), electron impact (EI), atmospheric solids analysis probe (ASAP), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) or nanospray ionisation (NSI) at either the University of St Andrews Mass Spectrometry Facility ([A] quoted) or at the EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility at Swansea University ([A]+ or [A]– quoted).

Technical details and requirements:

IR spectra were processed using Shimadzu IRsolution FTIR control software. Final processed spectra are available as PDF files. NMR data were processed using MestReNova (v.11.0.2) available from Mestrelab Research S.L. Original unprocessed FID files and processed MestReNova files are available. Mass spectroscopy data was used as received from the managed facilities. The spectra are available as PDF files.

Additional information:

The numbers of individual folders correspond to the compound numbers in the associated manuscript.