Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
A
nickel-catalyzed
direct
cage
B–H
poly-chalcogenation
of
icosahedral
carborane
clusters,
enabled
by
a
variable
bidentate
8-aminoquinoline
traceless
directing
group,
has
been
developed
under
oxidant-free
and
weakly
basic
conditions.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
49(5), P. 1380 - 1383
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
A
Pd-catalyzed
intramolecular
dehydrogenative
coupling
of
BH
and
OH
for
the
construction
cage
B–O
bonds
was
developed
to
afford
C,B-carborane-fused
heterocycles.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
22(4), P. 1605 - 1610
Published: Jan. 28, 2020
We
report
here
a
direct
and
efficient
strategy
for
the
synthesis
of
highly
conjugated
dimeric
pyrrolo-fused
isoquinoline
derivatives
from
readily
available
benzamides
maleimides.
This
reaction
overall
proceeds
by
following
domino
approach:
C–C
bond
formation
via
challenging
primary
amide-directed
Ru(II)-catalyzed
ortho
alkenylation
followed
annulation
through
dehydrogenative
dimerization.
The
resulting
products
showed
substituent-dependent
tunable
photoluminescence
in
orange-red
region
with
reasonably
large
Stokes
shifts
interesting
redox
properties.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
364(24), P. 4174 - 4188
Published: Dec. 1, 2022
Abstract
Carboranes,
a
three‐dimensional
class
of
carbon‐boron
molecular
clusters
with
remarkable
electronic,
physical,
chemical
characteristics,
have
proved
as
useful
building
blocks
in
boron
neutron
capture
therapy
agents,
supramolecular
design,
optoelectronics,
nanomaterials
and
organometallic/coordination
chemistry.
Thus,
various
organic
modifications
the
B−H
C−H
functionalities
carboranes
been
developed.
These
methods
great
success
utilize
directing
groups,
such
carboxylic
acids,
to
achieve
selective
functionalization
carboranes.
The
carboxyl
group
can
be
easily
introduced
then
removed
after
reactions.
On
other
hand,
assisted
by
highly
regioselective
electrophilic
attack
at
electron‐rich
positions
B(4)
B(5)
cage
generates
five‐membered
metallacyclic
intermediates,
which
undergo
further
transformation.
In
this
review,
we
show
that
transition
metal‐catalyzed
decarboxylation
cross
coupling
reactions
offer
an
opportunity
for
direct
activation
magnified
image
Synthesis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 11, 2024
Abstract
Carboranes
are
a
type
of
molecular
clusters
consisting
carbon,
hydrogen,
and
boron
atoms.
They
possess
unique
characteristics,
such
as
three-dimensional
aromaticity,
icosahedral
geometry,
robustness.
Functionalized
carboranes
have
been
utilized
in
various
fields,
including
medicine,
materials,
organometallic/coordination
chemistry.
In
this
context,
selective
functionalization
o-carboranes
has
received
tremendous
attention,
specifically
the
regio-
enantioselective
modification
ten
chemically
similar
BH
vertices
within
carborane
cage.
recent
years,
significant
progress
made
catalytic
vertex-specific
functionalization,
well
achieving
cage
BH.
This
review
provides
an
overview
advancements
research
field.
1
Introduction
2
Carboxy-Assisted
Functionalization
2.1
Formation
B–C
Bonds
2.2
B–N
2.3
B–O
2.4
B–X
2.5
Consecutive
B–Y
(Y
=
N,
O)
3
N-Based
Directing-Group-Assisted
B–H
3.1
Acylamino
Directing
Group
3.2
Amide
3.3
Pyridyl
3.4
Imine
4
Phosphinyl-Assisted
Cage
5
Bidentate-Directing-Group-Assisted
6
Other
7
Conclusions
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
A
nickel-catalyzed
direct
cage
B–H
poly-chalcogenation
of
icosahedral
carborane
clusters,
enabled
by
a
variable
bidentate
8-aminoquinoline
traceless
directing
group,
has
been
developed
under
oxidant-free
and
weakly
basic
conditions.