Thesis advisor: James P. Morken / 1,1-Bis(boronic) esters have attracted significant attention these days due to their unique reactivity. In this thesis, I will show that readily available reagents can undergo deborylative alkylation to deliver synthetically useful primary, secondary and tertiary boronic esters. 1,1-Diboryl alkanes can also engage in base-promoted deborylative cyclization to afford diversified cyclopentane rings with boron motifs attached. This transformation is very appealing because of the prevalence of five-membered rings in natural products. Lastly, it will be showed that geminal bis(boronic) esters can act as an important cornerstone in constructing relatively complicated structures such as natural product Arenolide. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.