Description
4-n-pentylbenzene boronic acid is an arylboronic acid built on a benzene core, carrying a pentyl chain. It serves as the nucleophilic partner in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling, transferring its aryl group to a palladium centre under basic conditions.
Key data
- Catalogue code: KC1032
- CAS number: 121219-12-3
- Molecular formula: C11H17BO2
- Molecular weight: 192.06 g/mol
- Category: Boronic Acids
What the substitution pattern does
The pentyl chain places this compound at n=5 in its homologous series. Chain length is not a cosmetic variable here: each added methylene lowers the melting point unevenly and shifts the balance between nematic and smectic order, because an odd-numbered chain sets its terminal bond at a different angle to the molecular long axis than an even one. Homologues therefore alternate in behaviour rather than trending smoothly, and an odd-numbered member frequently outperforms both of its neighbours for a given formulation.
Typical applications
- Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling with aryl halides and triflates
- construction of biphenyl and terphenyl cores for liquid crystal mixtures
- late-stage arylation in medicinal and agrochemical discovery routes
- Chan-Lam C-N and C-O couplings under copper catalysis
- conversion to the matching potassium trifluoroborate for storage-stable stock
Ordering
This compound is supplied to order. Pricing depends on quantity and on the specification you need, so it is quoted rather than listed – send an enquiry stating the quantity and any purity or analytical requirement, and you will receive a written quotation.
Please quote CAS 121219-12-3 or catalogue code KC1032 when enquiring, so that the correct isomer is supplied.
Handling and documentation
Supplied for laboratory and industrial use by trained personnel only. Not for use as a medicine, food, cosmetic or biocide, and not for administration to humans or animals. Safety documentation is issued with the order; this page is not a source of hazard information.

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