I am currently commissioning a protocol document to describe preparation of the plastoquinone SkQ1. It's one of a small class of ingested mitochondrially targeted antioxidant compound shown to extend life in mice. The resulting document will be released under an open license when done. References for the interested:

http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v1/n4/full/100043.html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.12.008

My writer is stuck on "preparation of trialkylboranes required for the synthesis of alkylhydroquinone." Step 1 of synthesizing alkylhydroquinone is "prepare trialkylboranes by the hydroboration of alkenes." These are sources that should contain that information:

1. H. C. Brown, Hydroboration, 1st Ed., W. A. Benjamin, Inc., New York, N. Y., 1962.
2. G . Zweifel and H. C. Brown, Org. Reactions, 13, 1 (1963).

What I'm after, in order of preference:

1) a better and more recent source for how to "prepare trialkylboranes by the hydroboration of alkenes"

2) a way to get at the contents of these books in a non-costing-much-money-and-time way

3) a good commercial source for trialkylboranes or alkylhydroquinone

Option #3 is cheating by the terms of what I'd to produce, but would be good to know.