Table 1. Catalytic dihydroboration of organonitriles with HBpin and 10 mol% V.

Entry	R	Time (h)	NMR yield a (%)	Isolated yield a (%)
1	Et	0.5	>99	70
2	i-Pr	1	93	96
3	t-Bu	5.5	97	54
4	Cy	1	94	75
5	C6H5	12	92	56
6	o-(Me)C6H4	15	86	73
7	m-(Me)C6H4	15	87	81
8	m-(F)C6H4	14	88	57
9	m-(MeO)C6H4	15	90	60
10	p-(Me)C6H4	13	91	72
11	p-(F)C6H4	12	94	61
12	p-(Cl)C6H4	12	93	59
13	p-(CF3)C6H4	12.5	89	76
14	p-(MeO)C6H4	13.5	88	58
15	Ph2CH	30	75	43

^aAll NMR reactions were carried out in C₆D₆ whilst scale-up reactions were carried out in toluene then isolated from hexanes.