Synthesis and Applications of Perfunctionalized Boron Clusters

Jonathan C Axtell; Liban M A Saleh; Elaine A Qian; Alex I Wixtrom; Alexander M Spokoyny

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02912

Synthesis and Applications of Perfunctionalized Boron Clusters

Inorg Chem. 2018 Mar 5;57(5):2333-2350. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02912. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Authors

Jonathan C Axtell¹, Liban M A Saleh¹, Elaine A Qian^{1

2

3}, Alex I Wixtrom¹, Alexander M Spokoyny^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California, Los Angeles , 607 Charles E. Young Drive East , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States.
² Department of Bioengineering , University of California, Los Angeles , 420 Westwood Plaza , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States.
³ California NanoSystems Institute , University of California, Los Angeles , 570 Westwood Plaza , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States.

Abstract

This Viewpoint describes major advances pertaining to perfunctionalized boron clusters in synthesis and their respective applications. The first portion of this work highlights key synthetic methods, allowing one to access a wide range of polyhedral boranes (B₄ and B₆-B₁₂ cluster cores) that contain exhaustively functionalized vertices. The second portion of this Viewpoint showcases the historical developments in using these molecules for applications ranging from materials science to medicine. Last, we suggest potential new directions for these clusters as they apply to both synthetic methods and applications.

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