Last week marked a milestone for ambitious science in the UK as we officially kicked off the inaugural cohort of the Big if True Science Accelerator (BiTS) , our program designed to train scientists ...

Tetrahydroquinolines are featured in molecules with wide ranging properties, including those with biological activity and materials applications. This report demonstrates that widely accessible N-alkyl arylamines can be directly coupled with new classes of alkenes to synthesize tetrahydroquinolines. The reaction is facilitated by a commercially available borane catalyst and enables the creation of novel tetrahydroquinoline scaffolds.