Fig. 4: Investigation on the mechanism of the Cu4NC-catalyzed hydroboration of alkynes.

a Deuterium experiments of the Cu4NC-catalyzed hydroboration reaction in the mixture solvent (CD3CN/H2O). b Deuterium experiments of the Cu4NC-catalyzed hydroboration reaction in the mixture solvent (CH3CN/D2O). c Deuterium experiments of the Cu4NC-catalyzed hydroboration of phenylacetylene-d1. d, e Radical scavenging experiments of Cu4NC-catalyzed hydroboration. f Investigation on the chemoselectivity in Cu4NC-catalyzed hydroboration.