Cyclic n-Butylboronates as Derivatives of Polar Bifunctional Groups for Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry

Abstract

An analytical study has been made of the reaction of n-butylboronic acid with a variety of polar bifunctional compounds. 1,2- and 1,3-Diols, α- and β-hydroxyacids, and 1,2- and 1,3-hydroxyamines were rapidly converted to cyclic boronate derivatives, which showed satisfactory gas chromatographic behaviour. Characteristic features of the mass spectra are reported.