Rigid-rod oligo-p-carboranes for molecular tinkertoys. An inorganic Langmuir-Blodgett film with a functionalized outer surface

Polyhedral monocarbaborane chemistry. Carboxylic acid derivatives of the [closo-2-CB9H10]? anion

“…3,4,5 Our laboratory has become interested in extending this functionalisation chemistry to the intermediate monocarbaboranes. Monocarbaboranes offer complementary charge and polarity possibilities compared to the boranes on one hand and to the dicarbaboranes on the other hand.…”

Four Decades of Organic Chemistry of closo-Boranes: A Synthetic Toolbox for Constructing Liquid Crystal Materials. A Review

“…Other methods for heterodisubstitution in 6 (refs 87,88 ), 10 (ref. 12 ), and 4 (refs 89,90 ) are less general.…”

“…Oxidative coupling of either ten- 12,84 or twelvevertex 12,100,101 carboranyllithium with anhydrous CuCl 2 gives a high yield of the desired dimeric product 33. If more than one equivalent of BuLi is used then higher oligomers are formed 12,101 .…”

“…The low toxicity 8 of closo-borates 1 and 7 makes them suitable for biomedical applications such as boron neutron capture therapy 9,10 . More recently, boron clusters have been used as non-nucleophilic anions 11 and for molecular materials such as molecular-scale construction sets [12][13][14] . Exploration of boron clusters as structural elements for liquid crystals is the most recent chapter in the chemistry and application of closo-boranes 15 .…”

Codoping in a single molecular junction from first principles

“…To overcome such difficulties, progress has been made through the discovery of a variety of synthetic approaches 14 resulting in synthesis of a range of new molecular compounds 15 . One example is the synthesis of polyhedral closo-boranes and closo-carborane structures [16][17][18][19] . These important classes of boron-rich structures have been explored as boron carriers in boron-neutron-capture therapy and as molecular probes in medical diagnostics [20][21][22] .…”