Removing Neighboring Ring Influence in Monocyclic B–OH Diazaborines: Properties and Reactivity as Phenolic Bioisosteres with Dynamic Hydroxy Exchange

JJ Blackner, OM Schneider, WO Wong… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design of small molecules with unique geometric profiles or molecular connectivity
represents an intriguing yet neglected challenge in modern organic synthesis. This …

The Effect of Carborane Substituents on the Lewis Acidity of Boranes

MO Akram, CD Martin, JL Dutton - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Lewis acidity of primary, secondary, and tertiary boranes with phenyl,
pentafluorophenyl, and all three isomers of the C-substituted icosahedral carboranes (ortho …

Bis(1‐Methyl‐ortho‐Carboranyl)Borane

MO Akram, JR Tidwell, JL Dutton… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Lewis superacid, bis (1‐methyl‐ortho‐carboranyl) borane, is rapidly accessed
in two steps. It is a very effective hydroboration reagent capable of B− H addition to alkenes …

Carborane–arene fused boracyclic analogues of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons accessed by intramolecular borylation

Y Li, M Tamizmani, MO Akram, CD Martin - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Arenes are 2D aromatics while dicarbadodecaborane clusters are branded as 3D aromatic
molecules. In this work we prepare molecules that feature fused 2D/3D aromatic systems …

Synthesis of phenanthrylboroles and formal nitrene insertion to access azaborapyrenes

H Zacharias, A Begum, J Han, TA Bartholome… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Extended conjugation has been introduced into boroles but only on the 2, 3-or 4, 5-positions
of the central BC4 core. In this work we synthesize phenanthrylboroles that also have …

Unlocking Heteroaromatic Ring Systems through Chalcogen Insertion into Boroles

T Bischof, N Wieprecht, S Fuchs, L Endres… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report the reactivity of various annulated borole derivatives toward
chalcogen (O, S, and Se) insertion. Among a series of 9-borafluorenes with different boron …

One-step selective synthesis of doubly and triply fused chiral boroloborole derivatives

JL Bohlen, N Wieprecht, M Arrowsmith… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
One-step selective synthesis of doubly and triply fused chiral boroloborole derivatives -
Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D4CC04433A Royal Society of …

Probing borafluorene B–C bond insertion with gold acetylide and azide

Y Li, YH Shen, AM Esper, JR Tidwell, AS Veige… - Dalton …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Probing borafluorene B–C bond insertion with gold acetylide and azide - Dalton Transactions
(RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D2DT03672J Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF …

Synthesis and characterization of azulene-based BO-doped heteroaromatics

J Zhao, H Huang, N Li, D Wang, D Wu, J **a - Tetrahedron, 2023 - Elsevier
Simultaneously incorporating heteroatoms and nonbenzenoid aromatic hydrocarbons, such
as azulene, into polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, offers a robust strategy for designing …

The Effect of Carborane Substituents on the Lewis Acidity of Boranes

J Dutton, M Akram, C Martin - 2023 - chemrxiv.org
The Lewis acidity of primary, secondary, and tertiary boranes with phenyl,
pentafluorophenyl, and all three isomers of icosahedral carboranes (ortho, meta, and para) …