(2-Cyano-4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl)boronic acid pinacol ester is one of those molecular building blocks. Its name is intimidating. Its job is much easier to understand. Think LEGO.
The molecule contains a boronic ester—a useful connection point that chemists can use to attach this aromatic fragment to another molecular fragment through reactions such as Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. But this particular LEGO brick arrives with extra features already installed: a nitrile group and an ester.
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