N-chloro-succinimide; triethylamine

n-butyllithium; methyl iodide in tetrahydrofuran

N-chloro-succinimide; triethylamine

methyl iodide under Ar or N2, heating; not isolated, detected by NMR;

methyl iodide in N,N-dimethyl-formamide byproducts: pinacol 2-phenylethene-1-boronate; under Ar or N2, mixt. kept in te dark at 20-25°C for 66 h; addn. of ether and pentane, mixt. washed with water, distd. elem. anal.;