Boron-Sulfur and Boron-Selenium Compounds-From Unique Molecular Structural Principles to Novel Polymeric Materials

Olaf Conrad; Christoph Jansen; Bernt Krebs

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981217)37:23<3208::AID-ANIE3208>3.0.CO;2-5

Boron-Sulfur and Boron-Selenium Compounds-From Unique Molecular Structural Principles to Novel Polymeric Materials

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Dec 17;37(23):3208-3218. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981217)37:23<3208::AID-ANIE3208>3.0.CO;2-5.

Authors

Olaf Conrad¹, Christoph Jansen¹, Bernt Krebs¹

Affiliation

¹ Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 8, D-48149 Münster (Germany), Fax: (+49) 251-833-8366.

Abstract

An immensely broad scope of structural motifs is covered by the intriguing chemistry of boron-sulfur and boron-selenium compounds. Characteristic structural features of the binary boron sulfides can be applied to understand and rationalize the three-dimensional atomic arrangement in macromolecular anionic frameworks such as that of Li_6+2x [B₁₀ S₁₈ ]S_x (x≈2, shown in the picture; ○: S, •: B, ○: Li). Of interest are also the ion dynamics of lithium thioborates and a persubstituted B₁₂ icosahedron that was prepared by high-temperature synthesis and features a characteristic planar B₃ Se₂ ring at the chelating ligand.

Keywords: Boron; Selenium; Solid-state structures; Sulfur.

Publication types

Review