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How do I prepare an alkane from a trialkylborane using acetic acid?
Can you please explain how to form the intermediate?
To form the intermediate, you will need to add the trialkylborane to acetic acid and heat the mixture. This will cause the boron atom in the trialkylborane to attach to one of the oxygen atoms in acetic acid, forming an intermediate called an alkylboronate ester.